INDEPENDENCE SAYS EAT ME!

[WhawhaWhat]

Rheinland Restaurant - so good. Grew up with a lot of German food and this place hits the spot.

[gblowfish]

Loose meat burgers were also sold at Clem's on 23rd St, and it's a specialty of the Maid-Rite in Lexington, MO. Baby Lee is right, it's kind of like taco meat without the taco spice. Mugs Up grounds up pickles and onions and mixes them in with the meat. It sounds weird, but it's good. And you can add some "Whizz" -Cheese Whiz- if you like. I like mine with extra Whizz.

[Sure-Oz]

I've never really wanted or gone to indep much...i've been to hi-boy a few times when i'm there though. Yum

[Big Poppa Payne]

I love Tim's pizza, haven't ate there in years but back in Jr. High and High School we would all go eat there after the school dances. I grew up on Hi-Boy as well and played baseball for a couple of the ol Hi-Boy Jerry Mackey teams.

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by npayne1978

I love Tim's pizza, haven't ate there in years but back in Jr. High and High School we would all go eat there after the school dances. I grew up on Hi-Boy as well and played baseball for a couple of the ol Hi-Boy Jerry Mackey teams.

I went to Van Horn with Jerry's son Greg.

Did you know Jerry Mackey was one of the guys who financed and help dig up the Arabia Steamboat? The main guy was Bob Hawley, who owns a heating and cooling business in Independence. Bob is a super nice guy, and he's one of my customers. I make the DVDs that are sold in the Arabia Museum Gift Shop.

[Big Poppa Payne]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

I went to Van Horn with Jerry's son Greg.

Did you know Jerry Mackey was one of the guys who financed and help dig up the Arabia Steamboat? The main guy was Bob Hawley, who owns a heating and cooling business in Independence. Bob is a super nice guy, and he's one of my customers. I make the DVDs that are sold in the Arabia Museum Gift Shop.

I heard that Jerry was involved in that, I went to Truman and grew up in the same neighborhood that Jerry lived in (Ramsgate). All of my brothers and sisters went to Van Horn though. They are all in their mid 50's now, how old are you?

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by npayne1978

All of my brothers and sisters went to Van Horn though. They are all in their mid 50's now, how old are you?

I'm old. Damn old. Really damn old. Hey you kids get off my lawn old. I graduated from Van Horn in 1977.

[alpha_omega]

Ok...so we found ourselves on the square in Independence this past Saturday looking for a place to eat.

There was a soda fountain place, and a couple of other places that we weren't really interested in...then i remembered that there was an italian place somewhere there on the square. It had been about 10 years since we had eaten there. so i looked it up, and we walked half a block to the Cafe Verona.

Excellent food, good service and a really cool atmosphere....i would highly recommend it to anyone in Independence looking for a good sit down dinner.

http://www.cafeveronarestaurant.com/home

[tooge]

Caddyshack down near the river market, just east of the Heart of America Bridge? My favorite bar/pizza of all time. It's a proper bar. Ice cold beer served in ice cold pitchers with icy mugs. The pizza is fantastic, the music old school (classic rock), and the TV's are good and always have sports on. I've pissed away many a friday when I'm off work at that place.

[Jerm]

Big Biscuit worth a shout?

Taking notes, will hit up all these places once I move up there lol.

[Sully]

I used to love big biscuit, until Corner Cafe moved in.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by Sully

I used to love big biscuit, until Corner Cafe moved in.

Oh man love the Corner Cafe. Been going there since it was at the corner of 9 & 69 hwy in Riverside.

The Chorizo Sausage Omelet is a bit of heaven on earth.

[Big Poppa Payne]

I know this isn't Independence but what about Betty's in Blue Springs on 40hwy? Anyone ever eat breakfast there?

A full order of biscuits and gravy would be enough to choke a horse.