What is/was your favorite Jefferson restaurant or place to eat?
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Let's see...in 1963 (I was very young), I ate at the Redwood Motel restaurant. What I thought was cranberry was actually a beet ring. That didn't go over well. I may have eaten their once or twice as an adult (in my 20s), but don't recall the dinner being particularly good. As a kid, I ate a few times at the A&W, but when I got into high school, I refused to eat there anymore (though I'd have a rootbeer now and then) because it was well known that one of the cooks (he attended JCHS) spit into the food. I would never take that chance. After I turned 18 and had some of my own money, I would eat at the DueseyBerger (sp?), and Pizza Hut. I really liked the ham & cheese sandwich there. Those two were my favorite places to eat. I believe I ate at the Maid-Rite once.
I remember The Truck Haven Cafe. It was a good place to get a bite to eat after regular hours. As I recall, it did seem to have a pretty good crowd at about any hour of the day or night.
No, I don't have a memory of a Bill Shoppe restaurant on the north side of the square. What year was that?
Does anyone remember a restaurant in Jefferson that had decent food, served quickly? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Here's my reviews from my childhood: A&W - Good for rootbeer.
DueseyBurger - Okay...if you had no access to any other fast food place. Nice car in the front, though.
Redwood - Oooooh, let's all pretend we're really important people and eat in a stuffy dark room...but at least the poor people won't be around us.
Pizza Hut - Decent pizza and sandwiches. Same as pretty much any other Piza Hut.
Truck Haven - It was a frick'n truck stop! The fact it was the best place in town says it all...about the other restaurants, that is. Today...the truck stop has Godfather's Pizza. So, I rank it as still the best place in town.
My favorite place ever to eat in Jefferson...Hardee's. And I don't particularly like Hardee's.
To bbqking...The early 60s, huh? I was living in Farlin then. We had a general store/post office and a pool hall. I was also single digits in age.
At home, I used to eat hamburger tartare (that would be raw hamburger). That would gross out my mother, but I loved it. These days, unless I knew the bovine personally, I probably wouldn't eat any beef raw.
I think your best bet these days for good food in Jefferson is to actually know someone that is a good cook and go to their home.
If and when I visit Jefferson again, when it comes to food, this is what I'll do. I will stay at the Limburg House B&B and ask to use the kitchen. I will bring my own cookware (I'm a stainless steel and cast iron freak). I will bring my own food, from the New Pioneer Co-op in Iowa City, probably something along the lines of halibut, coho or king salmon (ivory king, if available), and sea scallops. All of this seafood being wild alaskan.
If anyone else likes really good seafood, if and when I'm in town (Jefferson), stop by the Limburg House B&B. I'll be cooking.
I always liked the pizza burgers at the A&W. Truck Haven was good for breakfast, and the Redwood had the best prime rib I've ever had. Ace Pizza had good fried catfish, frozen and deep fried, of course, but still good. This is Jefferson, you know, and it is still in Iowa. If food tastes good to you, it is good food.
I don't think a little french cafe & bistro that serves foie gras de canard et oeufs (starter) with a St. Emilion, Bordeaux wine such as Chateau Fombrauge (I suggest a 2001) or Chateau Soutard (I suggest the 2000)...would make it in Jefferson. That french food just can't compete with a good ol' hot roast beef or turkey (for the health conscious) sandwich. You're so right, Fae. If Kraft macaroni & cheese and a fried hot dog tastes good, it's good food. Oh oh, I feel chest pains coming on...call 911!
foie gras de canard et oeufs is fatted liver of duck and eggs. In France, we saw it served in a porcelain oval au gratin dish, a single serving size, 9 or 10 inches. Simply, it's two baked farm fresh (laid that day) eggs with a slice or two of foie gras (duck or goose), seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper, served with toasted bread.
In France, we believe the dish was baked empty (heated to a high temp), removed from the oven, then two eggs were cracked and put into the dish. That was the extent of the cooking of the eggs. The foie gras was put on top, and served. You eat it with a spoon, mostly because it's so runny, barely cooked, you have no choice. My wife and I were hesitant at first, but grew to love it that way. However, back home, we Americanize it by actually baking the eggs since we don't buy same day farm fresh eggs. We have it as a starter for a meal, or sometimes we make it for breakfast.
Foie gras (fatted duck or goose liver) is very rich and melts very much like butter. I have never seen foie gras for sale in Iowa, so my wife and I pick some up when we make it to Chicago 3 or 4 times a year. A little goes a long ways.
My wife and I spent 3 months in southwest France (Dordogne) back in 2004. Foie gras is to Dordogne like pigs are to Iowa. It was everywhere. In grocery stores and shops, roadside stands and on every restaurant menu. We ate a lot of it. Of course, we drank enough wine to offset the artery clogging effects of the foie gras. Anyway, I keep telling myself that.
As in my above post about seafood, whenever it is that I make it back to Jefferson and stay at the Limburg House B&B, I'll bring some foie gras de canard with me. Stop by and sample some...and please, please, don't beat me up! lol
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Let's see...in 1963 (I was very young), I ate at the Redwood Motel restaurant. What I thought was cranberry was actually a beet ring. That didn't go over well. I may have eaten their once or twice as an adult (in my 20s), but don't recall the dinner being particularly good. As a kid, I ate a few times at the A&W, but when I got into high school, I refused to eat there anymore (though I'd have a rootbeer now and then) because it was well known that one of the cooks (he attended JCHS) spit into the food. I would never take that chance. After I turned 18 and had some of my own money, I would eat at the DueseyBerger (sp?), and Pizza Hut. I really liked the ham & cheese sandwich there. Those two were my favorite places to eat. I believe I ate at the Maid-Rite once.
Does anybody remebember when Bill Shoppe owned the Truck Haven Cafe? People used to line up clear around the building waiting for a table.
Do you remember when Bill Shoppe owned a restaurant on the north side of the square?
I remember The Truck Haven Cafe. It was a good place to get a bite to eat after regular hours. As I recall, it did seem to have a pretty good crowd at about any hour of the day or night.
No, I don't have a memory of a Bill Shoppe restaurant on the north side of the square. What year was that?
Does anyone remember a restaurant in Jefferson that had decent food, served quickly? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Here's my reviews from my childhood:
A&W - Good for rootbeer.
DueseyBurger - Okay...if you had no access to any other fast food place. Nice car in the front, though.
Redwood - Oooooh, let's all pretend we're really important people and eat in a stuffy dark room...but at least the poor people won't be around us.
Pizza Hut - Decent pizza and sandwiches. Same as pretty much any other Piza Hut.
Truck Haven - It was a frick'n truck stop! The fact it was the best place in town says it all...about the other restaurants, that is. Today...the truck stop has Godfather's Pizza. So, I rank it as still the best place in town.
My favorite place ever to eat in Jefferson...Hardee's. And I don't particularly like Hardee's.
To JJ in regard to Shoppe's on the square- early '60s.
To bbqking...The early 60s, huh? I was living in Farlin then. We had a general store/post office and a pool hall. I was also single digits in age.
At home, I used to eat hamburger tartare (that would be raw hamburger). That would gross out my mother, but I loved it. These days, unless I knew the bovine personally, I probably wouldn't eat any beef raw.
I think your best bet these days for good food in Jefferson is to actually know someone that is a good cook and go to their home.
If and when I visit Jefferson again, when it comes to food, this is what I'll do. I will stay at the Limburg House B&B and ask to use the kitchen. I will bring my own cookware (I'm a stainless steel and cast iron freak). I will bring my own food, from the New Pioneer Co-op in Iowa City, probably something along the lines of halibut, coho or king salmon (ivory king, if available), and sea scallops. All of this seafood being wild alaskan.
If anyone else likes really good seafood, if and when I'm in town (Jefferson), stop by the Limburg House B&B. I'll be cooking.
I always liked the pizza burgers at the A&W. Truck Haven was good for breakfast, and the Redwood had the best prime rib I've ever had. Ace Pizza had good fried catfish, frozen and deep fried, of course, but still good. This is Jefferson, you know, and it is still in Iowa. If food tastes good to you, it is good food.
I don't think a little french cafe & bistro that serves foie gras de canard et oeufs (starter) with a St. Emilion, Bordeaux wine such as Chateau Fombrauge (I suggest a 2001) or Chateau Soutard (I suggest the 2000)...would make it in Jefferson. That french food just can't compete with a good ol' hot roast beef or turkey (for the health conscious) sandwich. You're so right, Fae. If Kraft macaroni & cheese and a fried hot dog tastes good, it's good food. Oh oh, I feel chest pains coming on...call 911!
I tried ordering some of that stuff at the Uptown Cafe and three guys beat me up.
Only three?
foie gras de canard et oeufs is fatted liver of duck and eggs. In France, we saw it served in a porcelain oval au gratin dish, a single serving size, 9 or 10 inches. Simply, it's two baked farm fresh (laid that day) eggs with a slice or two of foie gras (duck or goose), seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper, served with toasted bread.
In France, we believe the dish was baked empty (heated to a high temp), removed from the oven, then two eggs were cracked and put into the dish. That was the extent of the cooking of the eggs. The foie gras was put on top, and served. You eat it with a spoon, mostly because it's so runny, barely cooked, you have no choice. My wife and I were hesitant at first, but grew to love it that way. However, back home, we Americanize it by actually baking the eggs since we don't buy same day farm fresh eggs. We have it as a starter for a meal, or sometimes we make it for breakfast.
Foie gras (fatted duck or goose liver) is very rich and melts very much like butter. I have never seen foie gras for sale in Iowa, so my wife and I pick some up when we make it to Chicago 3 or 4 times a year. A little goes a long ways.
My wife and I spent 3 months in southwest France (Dordogne) back in 2004. Foie gras is to Dordogne like pigs are to Iowa. It was everywhere. In grocery stores and shops, roadside stands and on every restaurant menu. We ate a lot of it. Of course, we drank enough wine to offset the artery clogging effects of the foie gras. Anyway, I keep telling myself that.
As in my above post about seafood, whenever it is that I make it back to Jefferson and stay at the Limburg House B&B, I'll bring some foie gras de canard with me. Stop by and sample some...and please, please, don't beat me up! lol
I don't know about this jj jackson guy. He sure talks about France a lot.You know what we think of the French. Hope he's not from Perry.
Gilroy's on the NW edge of town, great pizza burgers. Also Maid Rite was a winner.
A & W with the baby root beers?
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