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FINDING THE RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT
"Ya' head in-ter' town an' turn right afta ta third stop
sign bye'ond the Tex-A-co. Then ya' goes 'cross them
railroad tracks an' turns left. In a coupler of blocks,
before ya' gets to da city park, turns left ah-gan.
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
It'll be a little ways up on yar right. Ya' cain't
miss it."
Motte and Sons Bootlegging Company
My mother taught me to always be polite. So
Can't
go
wrong
menu item: Who cares about food? It's a microI smile, and say, "Got it."
distillery
tasting
room!
Be sure to try their moonshine.
As we climb into the crew car to leave the
Tip: Not a lunch stop, go there after you've tied down for the night.
airport, my teenage son and co-pilot says,
"Clearance from Kennedy would be simpler.
Did you really get it?"
"No," I tell him, "but the place is called
Mom's Diner. How hard could it be to
find?" I hold down the button on
my iPhone and say, "Siri, directions to Mom's."
She proceeds to give me
driving directions to my mothLITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS
er's house in New Mexico.
The historic Ariston Café
1,405.2 miles away. With current traffic it will take us 20
Can't go wrong menu item: All the appetizers, including
portobello mushroom fries, fried green beans, Greek-style
hours and 28 minutes to drive
chicken livers, and toasted ravioli.
there for lunch. Mother will
be thrilled, but maybe we should
Tip: Good ol' fashioned family dining since 1927.
have tied down the airplane.
Still, my advice is not to ask for
directions from locals when you're a stranger
in a strange land, but instead make triple sure
you know how to spell the name of
the restaurant you're headed for,
and let technology get you there.
I can't emphasize enough the
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
importance of spelling, because
I promise you if you are trying
Auntie Pastas
to find Konnie's Café, there
Can't go wrong menu item: The homemade
will most certainly be a
lasagna, made fresh daily, sold until it sells out.
Connie's Café in the next
Which it does.
county over.
Tip: Get a bottle of Becker Vineyards Iconoclast
cabernet, only available in Texas.

JONATHAN CARLSON

NAVIGATING THE MENU
Now that you've finally
found the best place to
eat in town, how do you
decide what to order?
Chances are, the person bringing you your food is a good
resource for valuable advice and counsel on the menu choices.
I've found that most servers are quick to share both their
personal favorite menu items as well as the most popular items.
Even when the advice of a waitress or waiter doesn't sound as
appetizing as something else I spied on the menu, I've never
been disappointed by taking table-side advice.
Another option is to make your way through the restaurant to
the bathroom, by the longest and most serpentine route possible,
so that you can spy on other diners and see what looks good. I
find that if I affect a limp I can get away with walking slower.

Or you can always order the special. But regardless, now
that you've closed your flight plan to a local eatery, you can be
assured that your meal will trump the airport vending machine.
If there is one.
Bon appétit. FT
WILLIAM E. DUBOIS is an aviation writer, world speed record holder, and

two-time National Champion air racer. He teaches Rusty Pilots seminars
for AOPA and blogs his personal flying adventures at PlaneTales.net

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