What's your favorite restaurant and meal?

[Tuckervill]

There are a few left. But, our county, home of Wal-Mart HQ and therefore many, many transplants from other parts of the country/world, is only pseudo-dry. We have what you call "private clubs" which are really just regular restaurants, like Outback and Boston's, with member register books that you should sign when you come in. If the local municipality doesn't forbid it (mine does) they can operate and serve liquor by the drink. Bentonville and Rogers, AR are blessed to have the cosmopolitan population drawn by high-tech Wal-Mart jobs, and therefore their city councils can't get away with voting to keep the dens-of-inequity out.

Our little city is dominated by a private Christian university, and an unofficial sign at the town line proclaims "Welcome to God's Country, Where Jesus Christ is Lord" ikidyounot. So, the county may go wet some day, but Siloam Springs--NEVER.

The irony--Oklahoma just recently made tattoo shops legal in OK...before that, our uber-conservative border town has always had the tattoo parlors, and OK had the casino and the liquor! The casino is expanding and there will be Siloam Springs homes literally in the shadow of the hotel. The liquor store is quite literally on the state line, and you wouldn't know you'd left the whole state if you didn't know better.

Regardless, I love it here, and my little house.
Karen

[Fredwina]

There are a few left. But, our county, home of Wal-Mart HQ and therefore many, many transplants from other parts of the country/world, is only pseudo-dry. We have what you call "private clubs" which are really just regular restaurants, like Outback and Boston's, with member register books that you should sign when you come in. ...

Reminds of when I lived in Dallas(actually Garland) about 20 years ago. My uncle was a member of the Pizza Hut club! Only there, you had to show your membership card.

[Tuckervill]

Reminds of when I lived in Dallas(actually Garland) about 20 years ago. My uncle was a member of the Pizza Hut club! Only there, you had to show your membership card.

It is such a charade. I don't know who in the world signs those books...we've never signed one, but there are signatures on it. Back in the '80s, when I just was getting legal to drink, I remember there always being cover charges ("membership fees"), too. I'm sure the state taxed those cover charges--but I think just to be like the restaurant in the next town over, some restaurants built the "fee" into their cost of business, and it be came common practice.

But what a charade! ah don't get me started on the small mindedness of my little town, which will likely rally the churchgoers to defeat the wet proposition if it ever gets on the ballot.

Karen

[Fredwina]

FWIW, Liquor laws are what I've found that vary the most from state to state
PA : no grocery store sales of any liquor - only at state shops . The minimum quantity of beer you can buy is a case unless you go to a tavern -see link
VA: gorcery store can sell Beer and Wine, but "hard" liquor is sold by the state.
Also remember when I was a teen, and the drinking age in MO was 21 , but 18 in IL. Going across the river bridge late at night, there was usually two or three cop cars sitting on either side waiting for drunk drivers.

[OakLeaf]

My favorite is North Carolina, where you can drink at a bar on Sundays but you can't buy package beer. I call it the law that says if you want to drink, you must drive.

[northstar]

In Minneapolis proper, these would be my picks:

Matt's Bar for their famous Jucy Lucy burger and fries
Psycho Suzi's motor lounge for their Heart Attack on a Plate pizza and their tots
Pepitos in South Mpls for their tacos and margaritas
Brasa for southwestern/carribean food

Gosh, I wish my class weren't coming in...I'd be able to list a whole bunch more.

[Blueberry]

My favorite is North Carolina, where you can drink at a bar on Sundays but you can't buy package beer. I call it the law that says if you want to drink, you must drive.

'Round this part of NC, you can buy beer and wine, just not before noon on Sunday. Yeah - we're backwards. We still have lots of dry counties too. Thankfully none where I live.

Beer, wine and fortified wine (e.g. sherry) are sold in grocery stores. Other, hard stuff is only sold by the State. We did *finally* pass a law that lets us now have the higher alcohol content beers. Some of those are yummy!

CA

[OakLeaf]

'Round this part of NC, you can buy beer and wine, just not before noon on Sunday.

Hmmmm, must be Virginia then. Sorry for the slander

[Running Mommy]

There are a few left. But, our county, home of Wal-Mart HQ and therefore many, many transplants from other parts of the country/world, is only pseudo-dry. We have what you call "private clubs" which are really just regular restaurants, like Outback and Boston's, with member register books that you should sign when you come in. If the local municipality doesn't forbid it (mine does) they can operate and serve liquor by the drink. Bentonville and Rogers, AR are blessed to have the cosmopolitan population drawn by high-tech Wal-Mart jobs, and therefore their city councils can't get away with voting to keep the dens-of-inequity out.

Karen

Hey I've been to Bentonville! I was even an invited guest at Helen Waltons home. Pretty home. A creek crosses under the house- literally. A Frank Lloyd Wright home if I recall.
I worked for the mart for a few years back in the early 90's. When Sam was alive (he died while I worked there). Different place back then that's for sure! Back then they proudly proclaimed how much of the store had items made in the USA. HA! Now it's all China... sigh...

[Tuckervill]

You know what's awesome about that? I've never known ANYONE who's been to Mr. Sam's house! You'd think that 6 degrees thing wouldn't have to stretch so far across the country, huh?

It could also be that everyone who was Mr. Sam's contemporary is also mega-rich, too, because they got in on the "ground floor", and I just don't run in their circles. lol.

Karen