There are many things we love to eat there. My beau would never forgive me if we were on that side of the lake and didn't stop for a Pinesburger, a six ounce burger served on French bread with lettuce, tomato, and either 1,000 Island dressing or mayo. Sounds simple enough, but this burger really is the best burger in the area, hands down. His favorite side item is an order of corn nuggets, which are just about the most heavenly fried food you can eat, if you can believe that. They are juicy, sweet li'l tidbits of deep fried creamed corn, and they have taken the place of fries or onion rings on his plate.
If you are game, you can order the Pinesburger Challenge. Eat four of their amazing burgers in under an hour, and you get your photo on the Wall of Fame! There are hundreds of photos on the wall, most of them college students, it would seem. I love their burgers, but you will never find my photo on the wall.
They have a variety of lunch specials, and my favorite is the Thursday special, a pulled pork sandwich. Momma loves pork, in any form. But add bbq sauce to that pork, and I am in hog heaven. Unfortunately, we went during dinner time last night, so I had to stray from my favorite. I got the fried shrimp, which was incredibly delicious. Just the perfect crispiness and flavor. Unfortunately, I lost my mind and chose more fried items as my side dishes, fried corn nuggets and fried mushrooms. Not really sure what I was thinking, but I will never do that again. Blecch. The individual items tasted wonderful, but that was definite overkill.
Colin loves the Pinesburger as well, and last night he ordered it with bacon to try something new. The waitress, sadly, also had cheese put on it, forgot the lettuce and added a tomato. Sigh. We generally don't have issues like this here, but it turned out to be serendipitous, as he actually liked the combination of cheese, burger and bacon (he removed the evil tomato).
He ordered the mint chip ice cream with whipped cream and chocolate sauce for dessert, and was one happy boy.
Ian is our resident chicken & fries guru. His job in this blog will be to rate the quality of the chicken strips and french fries at the various restaurants we try.
In Ian's words, "The chicken and fries is very similar to Friendly's chicken and fries, and when I tried a corn nugget and I immediately made a face to match my opinion of it.". The face Ian is referring to is that of someone who has eaten an entire lemon and washed it down with a milkshake. It was not pretty, folks. Ian is definitely NOT a fan of the corn nugget. 'Sokay, more for me!
What makes this a great place to eat, whether you're with the kiddos or not, is the atmosphere and the wonderful staff. The boys always make sure we go prepared with a stack of quarters so that they can play the old wooden bowling game that has been at the Glenwood Pines for as long as I can remember. Bonus: while they're playing games, dinner is on the way, and we don't have any whiny children. This is priceless for any parent. Oh, and for parents of toddlers, they keep a stock of sippy cups on hand for their little visitors. I love this!
Here is a link to their website: http://www.glenwoodpines.com/new/index.htm and they can also be found on Facebook (who isn't on Facebook these days? Sheesh!). Here is the link to their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ithaca-NY/Glenwood-Pines/169254964428
Thank you for reading our first official post on Pretzels for Dessert! We look forward to the hard work, albeit delicious work, ahead of us!
The Pinesburger sounds delicious. I foresee a road trip in my very near future!
ReplyDeleteIt really is yummy. Let me know when you head down, it's really not too terribly far!
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