Ben Franklin once wrote that New Jersey is "a barrel tapped at both ends," by New York and Philadelphia, and Springfield has a similar relation to its two giant neighbors, St. Louis and Chicago. When writers from those urban centers deign to visit, they usually find only Abe Lincoln and road food.Alan Solomon, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, has a piece in today's paper that repeats the familiar claim: visit Springfield only if you love history or the horseshoe sandwich. He invites readers to tell him what he missed. Maybe some of you can, or else enter comments here.
Where's the beef?
3 comments:
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Lee
You'll all notice that while many of us wrote in our sweet memories of Mel-O-Cream donuts, not one of us has written anything good about the horseshoe. Just thinking about that monstrosity makes my cholesterol count go up!
Barbara Edmiston Mitchell
I actually have a scroll menu from the Red Lion (which my mother had saved) so just checked out the horseshoe sandwich. All varieties were $1.75, except for the shrimp version which was a whopping $2.00. Prime Rib was $4.50 and Lobster Tail $5.50. Those really were the good old days!
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