Oldcastle Pub - New York, NY
Oldcastle Pub & Restaurant - New York, NY
160 W 54th Street
Meal: Lunch / Weekend / 12:45p
Price: $39 (For Two - Excludes Tip)
Website: Oldcastle Pub Website
When you’re wandering around New York City doing the whole ‘tourist’ thing, picking a restaurant isn’t easy. There are dozens of pubs, small cafes and pizza shops, and of course, high end restaurants that I wasn’t adequately dressed for. Our criteria was mainly finding a place that didn’t look too crowded and had indoor seating. We knew that we were flying blind, but Oldcastle appeared to have a nice spot just away from most of the major pedestrian traffic. We decided to give it a shot.
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The Tudor Grill - Hershey, PA
Tudor earns good grades.
The Tudor Grill - Hershey, PA (Outside of Hershey Park)
Price: $27 (For Two - Excludes Tip)
Meal: Dinner / Weekend / 8:15p
When you’re in an amusement park, you’re pretty much locked into whatever food they want to sell you. It’s a shame really. Why don’t most of these places take pride in something as basic as a good restaurant? Instead, they offer you to a bunch of themed sit-down restaurants serving fast food. Adding insult to injury, given the advantage they have over your location, the prices are rarely competitive to those outside the park. Will Tudor Grill, operating just outside of the ticketing windows to Hershey Park, be a diamond in the rough?
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Maui Wowi - Deptford Mall, Deptford, NJ
Maui Good, Wowi Expensive.
Maui Wow - Deptford Mall Location - Deptford, NJ
Price: $6.25 (One drink)
Website: Maui Wowi Website
In the world of coffee, the competition is all over the map. Starbucks is experiencing some atrophy with store closures, Dunkin seems to be doing fine, and a crop of smaller stores like Maui Wowi pop in and out to fill in the gaps. Because I absolutely love coffee and for some reason I’m compelled to pay for someone else to make it for me, I stopped at the Deptford Mall Maui Wowi for a nice summer cool-down. Could it top the big name franchises for the best stuff in town? After all, a Starbucks, Dunkin, and Starbucks Jr (Barnes & Noble Cafe) are within a couple miles.
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The Buck Tavern - Corbin, NJ
The Buck Tavern - Corbin, NJ
Route 50
Phone: 609-628-3117
*Closed Mondays*
Website: Buck Tavern Website
Corbin City is a small town in Atlantic County, and in a state that is a “pass through” itself, travelers going or coming from Cape May or Atlantic City might not think much about it. At one time early in the 20th century it was part of Weymouth Township but a legislative act in 1922 allowed for its own incorporation as a “city”. Well, I guess “city” is a relative term for the less than 500 folks who call it home. Your reviewer and companion have passed this way before, enjoying a fine meal at The Buck Tavern. It wouldn’t take long for the proprietor of the “Tavern” to tell you that this has been a family establishment for over 60 years. As the name implies at one time it was a central meeting point for hunters as well as travelers. The building itself might seem more disposed to the Pocono’s, what with its log cabin type vernacular. Inside it’s more of the same with knotty pine type paneling and a certain leaning of the half dozen or so booths. The long bar is what you will immediately notice upon entering, and to the left is a capacious dining room complete with fire place.
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