More Off Topic (well, not entirely) - Good Eats

[Macsimus]

Temperature drop this morning from 73 at 5:30 to 47 at 8:45. I enjoyed a great day on the Kings yesterday catching 20. 5 keeps including a plump 17" Spot and a 17" largie. A 3" Swimbait on a 3/16 5 Fish Lures Ned head did the majority of the catching with a swinghead and a wart producing a few. Saw water temps of 59-64. A little windy but good times nonetheless. I stopped along the way to the ramp to take a pic of the sunrise over some of the purtiest country around.

Anyhoo, with the cold temps this morning and a tax return still looming (meaning I'm not going fishing today), the missus and I ventured over to the Depot Diner here in Golden. It has quickly become one of our favorite eatin' places. I had a dish called the Breakfast Casserole - basically a pile of everything I love to eat - eggs, hash browns, sausage, sausage gravy, and cheese. If you're ever in the area, I highly recommend this place. It's right next to the "airport". 😀

[Quillback]

Nice sunrise pic!

I have passed that diner many a time, but have never stopped in.  One of these days...

Have you visited the Golden Museum yet?

 

[Macsimus]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Nice sunrise pic!

I have passed that diner many a time, but have never stopped in.  One of these days...

Have you visited the Golden Museum yet?

 

Yes, twice now. Thoroughly enjoyed it both times but between it and the Top of the Rock Museum, I do believe I've seen enough arrowhead collections. 😁

By the way, there is a very interesting county museum in Cassville.

 

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, Macsimus said:

Yes, twice now. Thoroughly enjoyed it both times but between it and the Top of the Rock Museum, I do believe I've seen enough arrowhead collections. 😁

By the way, there is a very interesting county museum in Cassville.

 

Yeah you can binge on arrowheads in Golden.  Have not been to the Cassville one yet - what do they have there?

[Macsimus]

12 hours ago, Quillback said:

Yeah you can binge on arrowheads in Golden.  Have not been to the Cassville one yet - what do they have there?

It's the Barry County museum so mostly history of the local area. We went last year so my memory has faded a bit. I don't know what I was expecting but just found it to be really well done and more extensive than I thought it would be. It had many exhibits - Civil War, Trail of Tears, and the history of local people including the story of the "Mountain Maid" which I found utterly fascinating. I'd go again. 

[Bill Babler]

Is the Depot Diner the old Office Restaurant and Pub, or is it the one that has been 20 different places right next door to the museum?

Harter House in Shell Knob probably has the best Kitchen Scramble in the country. It’s a store and not a sit down restaurant, but they use hash browns, ham, bacon 2 different sausage and 3 cheese blend and eggs. You can get sausage gravy if you wish. A portion double the size on your plate is $3.50.

Your pic does look yummy however. Thanks for the restaurant post, we eat them up around here😁😁

[Macsimus]

Bill, it's a new place (opened May 2022) and it's located next to the runway of the airport just east of Owl Creek. It actually looks like an old-fashion diner. Everything is spotless in there which makes it very much wife-approved. 😉 

Thanks for the Harter House tip. We will definitely check it out. I have a soft spot for HH since it's the only grocery store I've ever been in that has a tackle rack but I think they might be phasing it out, unfortunately. They don't seem to be restocking it.

The place next to the museum is now called "The Local". It's busy every time we drive by but a local source has told us it's pretty smoky in there so we haven't tried it yet. 

 

 

[Bill Babler]

I’m drawing a blank on how you get to it. Do you turn off at Golden, like your going to Viney Creek, at Ball and Pier tire?

Man I must be losing it I can’t for the life of me remember a diner type on 86 Hwy.  

I’m over that way at least 3 days a week and cannot picture it at all. 🤪🤪🤪

Ill googley boogly it

[Bill Babler]

Got it. How in the HE Double K did you ever find it?  

That is in a location that has to have a dream if I build it they will come. 

Welp, wife and I are always looking, so we will go. 

Thanks much for the tip, we foodies appreciate it. 


 

[Macsimus]

Haha, yep it's a little off the beaten path out there. We're staying in Emerald Beach so we pass it every day and I noticed a sign at the turn off of J. It's small and easy to miss. I'd give you another landmark but it's all cows. I hope you enjoy it. I recall that our opinions of Blue Eye Burger differed "a bit" a few years back. 😁 😁 Say "hi" to Jen, the very charming waitress. I'm sure she would've called me "Hon" if I hadn't had the wife in tow. There's a box of Trivial Pursuit cards at each table in the event the inevitable lull in conversation happens with the wife. After 49 years, we have those every once in awhile. 😁  Lastly, sign the guest book if you feel so inclined.