...or, the only restaurant in Salem!

 It was my birthday and time for a bite to eat. The celebration had started after work and I needed something besides beer in me. My friend Kevin suggested that we go over to the place that his wife worked at and grab a burger.

So I get to meet Regis, visit a new joint and also have my first chat with Grace. My wife of twenty years. Our versions of that meeting differ a little, not much, but will be left for a later posting, maybe! After all this time, I realized yesterday how ironic that meeting was. I have been married twice. Both times to women I met on my birthday. Ya' just never know!

Leslie's and the entire cast became part of my life and remains as a memory of a good time even now. We live in Florida so seeing and keeping up isn't so easy.

Breakfast with June was a regular weekend event. Grace and June were both renting apartments from Claire and were side by side neighbors. When June left us a few years later the place seemed to grow dimmer and smaller. We still remember her and her acerbic wit, we really miss her still.

Grace's Aunt's also were frequent flyer's on the week-ends. We crammed into their both on several occasions. Like most of the places we discover, the location is not the prime ingredient, the people are. So we may not be there, but we still have a bit of it in our souls.

Drop in, parking in the back. Tell Claire we miss her and enjoy yourself. Black tie, NO! Real people, lots of food and it is not a bit "touristy"!