Turfway Park This weekend - Page 3

todko · #41 02-13-2007, 01:53 PM

Lots of places to eat up the hill -- left outta Turfway and right at Famous Dave's BBQ -- Houston Road. Up the hill not even a mile there is Logans Roadhouse (better food than Rafferty's -- although Rafferty's is good despite the "sticky" bar), a new restaurant named Cheddar's, and the ultimate in fine dining and conservative waitress attire:

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooters!

Hooters is kinda on the skids in most places but this particular venue has pretty decent looking babes and they are Kentucky friendly.

I should be there on Saturday if they run. Just look for the guy in the flak jacket and Kevlar helmet at the rail. Those chunks of frozen poly are lethal!

#42 02-13-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by todko

I should be there on Saturday if they run. Just look for the guy in the flak jacket and Kevlar helmet at the rail. Those chunks of frozen poly are lethal!

todko · #43 02-13-2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

SSSSHHHHHHHH!!!

Might keep the ball out of there but might also reduce traction depending on how much area the pad covered kinda like bar shoes on turf. Now the 'cappers will watch out for "polyshoes". I always check the shoes in the paddock.

They need to fix the track instead of coming up with Band-Aids for a gunshot wound.

Sightseek · #44 02-13-2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo

"i'll take a salad... minus the tomatoes... and the bacon... and the olives... and the dressing... oh, and the lettuce..." Yup, that's about how i eat everything

todko · #45 02-13-2007, 02:05 PM

Pillow,

That'd be me! Gomer fricking Pyle! Looks like Private Pyle just lost his paycheck on a bad tri call in that picture.

#46 02-13-2007, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by todko

Pillow,

That'd be me! Gomer fricking Pyle! Looks like Private Pyle just lost his paycheck on a bad tri call in that picture.

You'd have to be a gomer to be on the rail this time of year. That place is like the arctic.

#47 02-13-2007, 02:25 PM

When I went to Turfway last year I went to the Longhorn Steakhouse afterward. It was very good. I went to Turfway in February.It was pretty cold out, so we didn't stay that long, but I enjoyed the racing while I was there.

todko · #48 02-13-2007, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by CbyChick07

When I went to Turfway last year I went to the Longhorn Steakhouse afterward. It was very good. I went to Turfway in February.It was pretty cold out, so we didn't stay that long, but I enjoyed the racing while I was there.

Longhorn is very good -- right across the street. The chilli cheese fries are the bomb. A mountain of fries, topped by about a wheel of cheddar, chili, plus my favorite bacon bits. You can actually feel your arteries harden while you eat it. It's good stuff.

The Mexican place across the parking lot -- Tumbleweeds gets a lot of the backstretch workers and such. Food isn't really too hot.

On track food there is OK. Turfway got rid of the contract food service and hired their own people. Haven't checked out the restaurant but the burgers are pretty good. Nice and greasy. Almost as greasy as a "Beulah Burger". Man, the burgers at Beulah are the greasiest. Good -- but the last time I had one it was actually tough to hold on to. The grease soaked through the bun and the damn thing kept poppling outta my hands like a char-broiled watermelon seed. And more you tried to grip it the more it was likely to pop out. Good though. I bet those Beulah twins porked out on those Beulah Burgers. I know why they put on the pounds.

I wish I had a Beulah Burger right now. One of the twins wouldn't be bad either . . . or both.

ManilaRose · #49 02-13-2007, 03:53 PM

Long Horn is really good. If you like Italian there is a restaurant named Carlo's real close to the track. There's also a Hooter's within a mile or two of the track.

Pointg5 · #50 02-13-2007, 04:42 PM

Scavs,

Give me a pm if you are going, I will be in Florence area looking at some houses on Sat-Sun. I might be able to meet up with you.

Sightseek · #51 02-13-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by todko

Longhorn is very good -- right across the street. The chilli cheese fries are the bomb. A mountain of fries, topped by about a wheel of cheddar, chili, plus my favorite bacon bits. You can actually feel your arteries harden while you eat it. It's good stuff.

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Longhorn is the best!
Now I'm dying for a rare filet.

Scav · #52 02-13-2007, 06:16 PM

Not coming down this weekend, one specific SIU friend is not really a fan as he can't go more the 2 hours without smoking herb and is wishy washy so we are just going to the bar to watch...BLAH

The Bid · #53 02-14-2007, 07:41 AM

We dont need to worry about any injury on the track today, they cancelled again. Said icy. I was halfway to TWP, didnt see a snowflake, must be real bad up there. Maybe they meant the track was icy, I should have asked