A New Favorite

Each place we've lived, there are the places to eat where you can't wait to go back again and again...and you crave them, especially when you move and can't have them anymore. And then when you return to those places...eating at certain places is one of the priorities of the vacation. Some of our favorites where we've lived...

Spokane: Thifty Scottsman, Racho Viejo, Ron's
Coeur d Alene: Hudson's Hamburgers, Dockside desserts, Pow Pow's Kitchen, Toro Viejo, Tomato Street
Arizona: Ned's Crazy Subs, Rosa's, Papa Kelsey's, Rositas
Oklahoma: The Pankcake House, Braum's, Cactus Jack's
Utah: Cafe Rio, The Pizza Factory, Los Hermanos, Gandolfo's, The Wilk, Jimmy John's Subs
Cleveland: Penn Station, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Texas Roadhouse, Max & Erma's, East Coast Custard, Quaker Steak and Lube

I realize some of these are chain restaurants (but I didn't list the obvious favorite chains like Oive Garden, Outback, Cold Stone, Jamba Juice).

Well, now that we moved to St. Louis, we once again have had to search for those unbelievable places. And we found one recently. LOTAWATTA CREEK! This place is awesome...mainly because they give you ENORMOUS amounts of food (and it is really yummy). Their appetizers are all at least $8, but you get a plate the size of a serving platter. The nachos are our favorite-and this picture doesn't do them justice. They are SOOOOOOO yummy. They make them and then stick them in the oven so the edges of the chips brown. Not to mention they are big enough to feed our whole family a meal! No kidding! I bet it is a whole bag of chips. Even though it is an expensive appetizer...it is cheap if that is all we have to get! The boys share the kids meal chicken strips...which I can't help but sample since they give them so much! They are so yummy because they are battered. The other thing we love...they have shaved ice in their softdrinks. Yummy!

Ok, now I am getting hungry!