Emily's Eatery & The Vet

It's been a slow couple of weeks but we finally got a chance to get away and try a new place, Emily's Eatery.  I've been wanting to go there for awhile but really wanted to go when they have a good special.  Meatloaf was the special and I just don't really eat meatloaf when we're out.  I'd been to the Vet 30+ years ago so parking in the middle of the street didn't throw me off.
I ended up get a double burger with cooked carrots.  The cooked carrots were supposed to be with the meatloaf but they let me sub them out as a side.  Lisa wanted potato soup which was another special but she couldn't get it as a side so she ordered a full order.  She also got a BLT and onion rings.  The onion rings were really for me. 
I've got to quit ordering double burgers, they're just too big for me.  This came with grilled onions, pickles and mayo.  It was a really good burger but I think if I'll get it with mustard instead of mayo.  The carrots were great but could have been a little hotter.  Lisa said the same thing about her soup, good but not very warm.  She also didn't like that the potatoes were kind of big.  Her BLT looked really good and it appeared to have plenty of bacon.  The onion rings were made there and very tasty, not overly heavy.
After we finished we walked next door to the Vet.  It had changed a lot in the decades since I'd been there, much nicer than I remembered.  We both had drafts, a Stag for me and a Busch Light for Lisa.  There was one customer in the bar and the bartender.  We got to talking and the customer's mother is from Murphysboro and was in school between the two of us.
There is serving window between the two places but we didn't know we could order from the other side or we'd have had drafts while we ate.  The day after we ate there the special was chicken fried chicken that I love, oh well
It's definitely a place we'll got back to.