Yesterday we went to long time favorite Quatros which is something we've done quite often on the day before Thanksgiving.  I've been going there since shortly after it open 50 years ago.  
We've been getting a large dinner salad and a small deep pan meateaters lately.  After the waitress took our order she said we had to get a medium to get a $5 picture, that's a long way from the 99 cent pitchers we used to get.  We'd had a couple pizzas from there lately that just didn't seem the same, this one did and it was very good.
The waitress I mentioned, we only saw her to get our order, bring our food and bring the check except the one time I flagged her down to bring us a couple napkins.  The place wasn't busy and the downstairs was closed off.  She used the downstairs to be on her phone most of the time we were eating,  Very disappointing service, not the worst we've had there but it wasn't good.
Oh well.  I'd rather have good pizza and poor service that bad pizza and good service.

We had to go to Sam's to get some stuff for Thanksgiving.  Naturally we'd go somewhere for lunch while we were out.  Of course when going to Sam's you'll buy more than you intended and this time was not exception.
Monday is very limited on places that are open so we finally decided on Moonshine Run.  They were training a new person so service was a little slow but not terrible.  We finally decided to split 1/2 fried chicken all white and both of us got side salads.  The salads were a nice size but I didn't care for the tomatoes in it.  I got french and it was good while Lisa got their made in house ranch.  I'm not normally a big fan of french but this seemed really good in the bite I had.  The fried chicken was very good, maybe not quite as good as Bottom's Up but close.  
As we both said "we'll have the chicken again soon".  Moonshine Run is turning into a regular stop since a couple others have gone ob or changed.

We haven't been going too many places lately, no particular reason just haven't been going out as much.  Yesterday we decided to go out and since it was Debbie's birthday weekend she got to chose the place.  After going through several places she said let's give Cross Eyed Bear a shot since we hadn't been there so off we headed.
It's a small dining area in a marina on Lake of Egypt, I really don't think I'd ever been to Lake of Egypt before which kind of surprised me.  We went earlier than normal but the place wasn't too crowded.  We found out the menu on their website isn't right and that they change it every few months.  
We started out by ordering garlic cheese curds and they were spectacular, really good.  I finally decided on a steak sandwich instead of wings while Lisa got soup and salad bar.  Mike also got soup but with a grilled cheese and Debbie got a sandwich with fries but don't remember what sandwich.
I'd opted for sweet potato fries and they were very good but I really didn't care much for the steak sandwich.  It was supposed to be swiss cheese but didn't taste like it.  Lisa and Mike both liked the soup but said it needed to be warmer.  I'd ate way too many cheese curds and only ate half my sandwich and about half my fries.  Really friendly place.
We got stopped by a train and so I went down a side road with no idea where it went.  We got to see some of the lake and surrounding area before we finally got back on track.  
We made a brief stop at Honker Hill where there was a party bus with some very "happy" people on it.  All of us had some punch that was good but sweet.  
After a trip around Giant City we went home to take it easy.

I haven't played much golf this year but I took advantage of a beautiful November day and played 18 yesterday.  It wasn't pretty but there were some good holes too.
Lisa is shopping with Bailey so after golf I went into the clubhouse and ordered some catfish to go.  The fish there rivals any other place around and Deloras makes sure to put plenty in.  Before she left Lisa made some homemade tartar sauce in case I got some fish after golf.
The fish was once again on point and really hit the spot after a round of golf.  Try it before they close for the season at the end of November.

Saturday we had Greyson most of the day and all night.  He's been asking about when the garden would get torn out so we did that first.
Next he mentioned he wanted to go on a hike so off we went to Giant City.  I'd called to see if there was any hunting on Indian Creek Shelter trail and she said there were some archery hunters there so we finally decided on Devils Standtable.  It's a short trail but has a lot of bluffs and boulders that he enjoyed climbing on.  There were some kids learning repelling up and down the face of the bluff which was interesting.  
After a stop for him to go to his cousins birthday party we went to Southpaw mainly because he wanted to play the machines.  I got a mushroom swiss burger while Lisa got a Cesar salad and Greyson got some boneless wings and fries.  
My burger was solid and the tots I got with them were really good.  Lisa was just okay with the salad and Greyson surprisingly ate almost all his wings after having two pieces of pizza at the birthday party.
We went through way too much money on games for Greyson but it was enjoyable.

Wednesday we decided go to Emilys Eatery in Dowell since we hadn't been there in a while. 
I ordered the catfish special but subbed out a side salad for the fries. Lisa ordered their new Korean wrap special.  The waitress came back a little later and said the cook who knows how to make it was gone so they couldn't make it.  She then ordered a club sandwich and chose potato soup as her side.  I also had a Yuengling while she got an Modelo Negra.  
When mine came out were fries with it instead of the side salad I'd ordered.  The catfish was okay but nothing special.  The fries were your typical crinkle cut frozen fries.  Lisa's said her sandwich was good.  She said the potato soup was real good but not very warm.
After we left we went next door to the Vet for a quick beer then headed home so we'd be there in time for the twins to get there.