This is right on Route one across the highway from the Brandywine River Museum-it’s called ‘Hank’s Place’. Sean and I were on our way to drop off his childhood bed at the Good*will and we decided to stop here for lunch on Wednesday. (Mom was having a plumber at her house, so I’m going on Monday now). I can’t tell you how many times we have passed it and never ate there. The prices are good. The clientele ranged from legendary artist ‘Andy’ Wyeth and movie stars when they were filming ‘The Village’ a few miles away. I believe William Hurt and maybe Joaquin Phoenix were two of the patrons back then.
When we walked in around 1:45 everyone looked up at us! That was strange. What was stranger that after we ate, I pulled out my debit card and the waitress said ‘cash only’! Ahhh. Thank goodness Sean had a $20 on him. We both ordered ‘triple’ clubs-me chicken salad and he ordered a turkey one. One of the best I’ve had for a while and I still have a quarter of it in the fridge. : ) I wish you could see the flowers someone plants there every year. I guess they must do their own composting from the restaurant leftovers as the banks are just loaded with marigolds, etc.
Here is the website where I found the photo.
After we dropped off the bed, we went to the mall as I had a gift card from Sean to use at Bos*covs. I picked out a honey colored leather purse and a quilted wallet (Zoey-quilted bags are so in!). I went to the register and the blasted card was denied. It was different from the ‘in house’ gift cards. Thank goodness another lady came along and she knew how to use my card! Whew!
We went to Trader*Joes too and got a few of their treats-some Orange Mandarin chicken and fried veggie rice for dinner. That’s our indulgent stop. The maple cookies are quite good too.
I’m getting the hang of Cha*Cha. I wish it paid more, as some questions really are hard to find and you may run out of time (3 minutes max.).
Off to the dentist today. It’s been almost a year. Crossing fingers I don’t use all my deductible up in one or two visits. Robbers. ; )
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Isn’t it funny how often we can pass by a place and never stop but then when you do, you wish you would have stopped before:-) Glad you and Sean had such a lovely day, you’re very lucky that at his age he still likes to go shopping with mom! lol Having mine bring me shopping was like pulling teeth!!!
Hope your dentist visit went well and that they didn’t rob you too much:-) xoxo
Looks like a neat place for lunch. Too bad you didn’t get pics inside (I know it is embarrassing to do so).
Quilted bags are in? Whooo hooo. I have only used mine once – on NYE because it matched my outfit. I even carried it out on the dance floor. Nobody said anything like, “Nice bag” so I guess it was not such a bit hit there. 🙂
Hope the dentist did not find any root canals or crowns that needed to be done. Mine seems to find at least one a year. Last year I was about $50 under my yearly max of $1500 for insurance. That worked out perfectly!