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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Comfort Food Favorite: Shari's

    Published: Jun 8, 2018 · Updated: Jun 8, 2018 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    By Kevin Williams

    There are certain restaurants when I am traveling, that stand out like beacons of familiarity on the highway.  They are comfort food favorites where I know I can sidle into a comfy booth, sip endless vats of Coke, and get some just-like-home cooking.

    I love Eat N Park in Pennsylvania for this type of food.    Shari's in the Pacific Northwest is a favorite.  Man, I love their pies.  Art the end of a quesadilla and fries and Coke type meal, chase it down with a piece of pie.  SIGH, really, I'm envious of people like my Dad who can eat whatever they want whenever they want.  Because if I was like that, I would eat whatever I want whenever I want.  Well, I pretty much do,  but I'd do it even more if my metabolism would let me....

    Wikipedia describes Shari's like this:

     Most Shari's restaurants are built to this design; it places the kitchen in the center of the restaurant, providing easy access for the waiting staff to serve customers, and increases the number of tables next to a window.

    Historically, upon entering a Shari's restaurant the dining area was divided by half, with one half on either side of the entrance. One side would allow smoking and the other would be non-smoking. Today the restaurants are non-smoking; however some Shari's restaurants have opened up video lottery rooms (some of which allow smoking) which occupy a portion of the former dining room and are walled off

    My part of the United States has a scarcity of these comfort food chains.  No, Cracker Barrel doesn't qualify....no booths.  A restaurant has to have booths.  Bob Evans?  Meh.  Maybe.  Perkins.  That may come the closest.  For a restaurant to make my perfect comfort food list, they have to serve breakfast all day.  Denny's would qualify, but there aren't many Denny's near me....Oh well, my 13-year-old niece, Lorelei, recently embarked on a cross-country trip with family and captured these scenes from Shari's.  Ah, now only if the restaurant chain would expand east.

    Shari's quintessential comfort food...

    Awesome-looking onion rings

    Mmmm, look at those fries...

    Perfect.

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