#10 | Visit 10 New Local Restaurants (1/10)

The use of the word "local" in this goal is a bit confusing. Really what I intended was to find ten restaurants in areas that we frequently travel to so that we could find a new favorite. If we visit, say, Dallas this year - something like that wouldn't count because we don't routinely go there. However, certain other areas (i.e. North Conway, Maryland, etc.) are up for grabs because we generally go there at the very least once a year.

In any event, given that we are in money-conserve mode for the wedding, we haven't been going out to eat at actual "restaurants" lately. Last weekend, we took a few hours to take a ride on the motorcycle up to Cold Springs in New York. It is a very quaint but beautiful location. Brian and I immediately fell in love with it and have arranged for our engagement pictures to be taken there later in the fall. There are no chain restaurants on Main Street in Cold Springs. They are all Mom 'n Pop type places. For lunch, we ate at the Silver Spoon Restaurant. The food here was very good. I had a Turkey BLT wrap and Brian had a Philly Chicken Cheesesteak which he raved was the best chicken cheesesteak he's ever eaten.

What caught my attention was a certain section on the menu. The owner wrote a short passage as to how he came to this country from Egypt with the dream of opening and operating his own restaurant. It talked of his endeavors in achieving this goal and I thought it was very touching. The irony in all of it was that the restaurant was named Silver Spoon and the gentleman owning the establishment most certainly was not raised with a silver spoon in his mouth. I was impressed with how nice the staff was and the owner's story, along with the food (of course).