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Twisted from the Sprue is my little corner of the internet. This site started as a simple web presence for the Three Rivers IPMS model club - as in middle-aged guys who never quite out-grew gluing together miniature cars and planes (and not a club of really good looking people who have their pictures taken for underwear ads and the like). The club now has a real web-site, and this blog is a place for me to post stuff I find interesting or just want to ramble on about.

Its reassuring to know you're not the only guy with an obsession for trivia - if you happen across something interesting here, or have a question or something to contribute, please leave a comment or drop me an email at dnschmtz@gmail.com

Don
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Breakfast of Champions!

The Three Rivers club travels well, thanks largely to Bill and his trusty minivan, which has racked up quite a few miles hauling club members to and from contests, air shows, museums and the like.  These road-trips usually start with the co-conspirators meeting at a Bob Evans or Eat-n-Park well before sunrise for breakfast  before hitting the road.  We've been doing this for long enough that models and bacon-and-eggs are linked forever in my mind.

So I thought I'd devote a few of these blog-icles to places for breakfast in the 'burgh.  I'm starting with a place just a few miles from the Beattie Career Center, and so a perfect place to stop to fuel up for the day on your way to our show.


Chub's Place is located at 810 Ingomar Road, Wexford PA on the edge of North Park.  Hopefully you can tell from the picture that Chub's has all the ambiance of a machine shop; it several notches above "greasy spoon" but definitely on the "dive" end of the scale.  If you're counting calories or grams of fat, your calculator may not have enough digits.  If you like to think your food is being prepared in a kitchen scrubbed operating-room clean then stick to Bob Evans (or one of the other places I'll get around to reviewing later).


But don't let the negative reviews you'll find on the Internet scare you.  The food is simple and tastes good and is cooked on a big grill just behind the counter.  The waitresses are friendly and call you "Hon" and keep your coffee cup full.   I recommend their L-PO - a big plate of scrambled eggs, fried potatoes and sausage that bears absolutely no resemblance to an omelet.  Or have anything with bacon and eggs - you can't go wrong.  If you believe that frying makes everything taste better and think coffee should be strong enough to remove paint, then Chub's is your place!



Directions from A W Beattie:

- turn left out of the parking lot onto Babcock Blvd,
- in half a mile turn right on Kummer Road
- in about 1 miles turn left onto Ingomar Road
- Chub's is about half a mile a head on the left.

I'm always looking for breakfast places - if you've got a favorite, especially in the Northern 'burbs, please leave a comment here telling me where it is and I'll check it out and report back.

Don

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