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When I lived in Seattle, I dreamed of a 3-4 table restaurant in an old house in Edmonds, near the ferry landing and within sight of Puget Sound. There would be a prix fixe menu, based on what I could find in the Pike Market that morning and what was available in the kitchen garden in back of the house. The house would have a front porch so we could arrange tables outside during suitable weather. There would soon be such a demand that we would be accepting reservations at least 3-4 months in advance. Dinner service only, and one seating per night. Closed Monday and Tuesday, which would be sailing days.

"Well, of course mustard no ketchup in the NE too--but I though Chicago people put salads on their hot dogs ;)"

I've been only a visitor to Chicago, but I'm pretty sure that when you want everything on your hot dog, "drag it through the garden" is the right thing to say. :-)

Heh! My twin granddaughters, aged 2 years and 8 months, love going to Ikea in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they live. They now call it the "meatball store" and have been chomping down on meatball plates (and take-home meatballs) for at least a year. Children's plates have five meatballs, but they usually put away ten at a time.