Roanoke Inn Tavern and more!

Hello my many followers!, I realize that these Blogs arn't coming every week,but lately the Ol Ball and.... I mean my Lovely Wife has been keeping me kinda busy, not a lot of "Sit Down Time" so I thought I'd just combine a few of the local spots, plus a new one.             The Roanoke Tavern reminds me of a joint on some remote Lake where the locals gather to talk about their day or plans, where they sell fishing tackle and liquor ,pour you a cold beer. A place where they talk about the giant Lake Trout, that few have seen,and some come close but no one has landed...things  that legends are made of with names like "The General" or "Troutasarus"  perhaps only in my world, ....The Roanoke Inn and Tavern is a Homey little place in a Homey little part of Mercer Island, where locals probably do go on Sundays...or any other time . My friend "Ol Hot T" has been wanting to go there for quite some time and since we don't often bow down to the requests of myself or for him (it is mostly the girls requests) big surprise huh? We thought we would go, must have been at least a month ago, probably more..... its one of those walk right in sit right down places, I normally like, and I did like it, we all did, buuutt.... nothing really exciting , the Menu is short, breakfast anyways, Nothing to entice us Aubernites into travel, but like I said it was good, The Chikas had Mimosas, Ol Hot T had a Bloody Mary,Oddly I did not, for I do love a good one. I believe the ladies ordered The Spinach Omelette...with mushrooms and Jack Cheese...of course Val (Smoj) had to sub some of the choices, she prefers swiss.....yawn.... they both ordered them as a scramble, and of course MSue had her eggswelldonesideofsalsa! there may have been a side of bacon for her as well , Really?   The Ol Hot one had the sausage and eggs, and I had the ham steak along with said huevos,.... If Im on the Rock and its lunch time I may the Roanoke again, but bfast wasn't all that special... I believe the coffee was good  tho, it must have been spendy i think I only had two cups............              Mothers Day weekend.... no Hot T or Smoj this time,just Msue, Myself and the Children, Jessica and Cassidy, we braved the crowds and since it was Mothers Day, the choice was all Msues, and where do you suppose she wanted to go?   no not Spuds, they dont serve breakfast, although I could eat their fish and chips anytime.   Nope we went to Voulas Offshore Cafe, it is MSuse's favo! and rightly so, its awesome! always delivers an outstanding meal, My Lovely Bride had what she always has, the Greek Hobo! a scramble with  potatoes  eggs and veggies , topped with Feta cheese.          Although Voulas has a broad menu, lots a good choices, she never differs.     Jessica had the "Pinata Benedict"... Amazing! their own pulled smoked pork with Chipoltle infused hollandaise .... so good!     Cassidy, bless her just like Dads heart, had the "Big Voula" three eggsters, bacon and greek sausage along with hashbrowns and toast, one of my go too's at Voulas.            I went a little off center this trip, I ordered the special of the day, " The Achilles"  which consisted of a homemade Pita with a feta/pepper    kind of schmear on it, topped with Voulas crispy thick bacon, arugala ...annnd two Eggamundos over perfecto on top, kind of a greeky Huevos Rancheros,and if that wasnt enough,Voulas Browns the best around! as well yep indeedy, Mothers Day Breakfast perfected!    Spuds?  yep! went there for dinner!        I really shouldn't close this post with out a nod to one of our favorite locals... lately weve been going there just cuz its pretty darn good and close!   right in Downtown Kent, now for you Northend readers Kent is like a small Lynnwood, but with prettier girls.... Oh the name?  Maggies on Meeker..... cuz its on Meeker street... in Kent... cmon keep up.       The Food is always good, the service is great, the food can be slow,but the kitchen is small and the joint is pretty big, we went there today Msue and my self, great  as usual, they do some specials on the weekends.... all I can say is the Cornbeef hash on said weekend special is the best Ive ever had, the weekly fare variety is canned but the special is unbelievable!     You can even go to the Pied Piper Tavern,(next door) if you must have a beer with your breakfast and order from Maggies, also they have stubendaerific baked goods , and there is always a house special Quiche or two on the board.   MSue likes it cuz they make a bacon stuffed waffle just for her!........... So friends until next nosh... Adieu!