Wow Bob!
I eat crab cakes in East TN. Certainly a lot of idiots on here lately. lol
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Larry
Uh, do all Marylanders have crabs?
Wow, must say I'm sort of surprised at the negative tone and complaining that this thread has devolved to. Perhaps I shouldn't have been, though.
I want to go on the record that my comment about my hot dog at a train meet was intended to be a POSITIVE comment. At that meet I attended, I had fun, enjoyed the hot dog, and in general had a great day. However, I LOOK and EXPECT to have a great day everyday. I made a conscious choice to look for the good in life a long time ago. With very few exceptions, such a life choice has served me well.
I've never been to York, but if I did go, I would go with the mindset that I will enjoy it to the utmost, and extract all the good from the experience and choose to remember the good and pull the plug on any less than good experiences.
Heard something years ago that stuck with me about a bird that lives in a desert habitat. Yup, the desert: Barren, dry, cacti, snakes, scorpions, etc, are in the desert. However, this bird looks for flowers on cacti and such, and extracts nectar from the flowers for its sustenance. There is also another bird that lives in the same harsh desert habitat. This one looks for the dead carcasses of beasts that didn't survive the desert. It feeds on that carrion for its sustenance. Thus, you have two birds, one looks for the sweet among the harshness, the other looks for the dead and rotting. Two birds, same desert. Both find what they're looking for.
Life CAN be about what you make it to be.
Your choice.
Andre
The bus from LI is open every hour from 10:00am on to drop off packages. I have found that vendors if you purchase something of good value they will hold all your purchases for you until you can make it to the buss. After going to york you get to know the vendors and they know you, it works both ways. I love the bus, I sleep there and back, no tolls no gas no wear on your vehicle. and Don fisher of the Riverhead train club as did the prior bus directors look after you very well. As Grayhound says: leave the driving to us. The Driver of the bus gets to sleep in a motel from 0900 to 5:00PM so he is ready to drive the 5 hours home, can you say the same for you?
The Crab Cake Sandwiches and homemade pudding from the outside vendors were excellent. I don't know if they still come to the show.
The food always tastes fine to me. Drinking beer all day long may have something to do with that. Like I have soda in that coke cup. 
-Greg
Why worry about the food at the fairgrounds. My wife and I enjoy many places to eat at York. One place has free beer and wine out on market street which we go to at least once. Real food is in my opinion what you raise or produce you're self. Being a farmer all my life we produced most of what we ate. When I was a kid in the 50s mom wood bake one of the hams my dad had killed for Christmas day.. She had potatoes we grew that were in cold storage that was just a barrel in a old closet and green beans that were canned the summer before. For what us kids really liked was blackberries that we pi led the summer before and my mom canned in quart jars. That was real food with no preservatives. I think about these things every time I eat out now with my wife and family.
Hmmmm, after reading this thread, now I'm in the mood for a York Fairgrounds hot dog and some Brickers fries!
I have eaten at the Orange Hall and the crab cakes from the Orange truck. I very much liked what I had. My only negative experience was many years ago one time I ate breakfast at the dining Hall and it was terrible. I vote No for McDonalds or BK. I am too old to eat that stuff anymore. It just tares me up. In my opinion the food at the York Meet is much better than other train events I have been to. I don't know if the food in the dining hall has improved since I have been there but I think it was last year I walked through there to use the bathroom. It looked better but again I don't know. Sometimes I pack a lunch like others do. If you have a lot of time then going off the fairgrounds for food is a good idea but I never have that much time.
As for the guys tending the bathroom I always tip them. It's the same thing at Chryslers at Carlisle. I feel bad for these guys so a dollar or two per York isn't going to kill my train budget.
Traindiesel posted:Hmmmm, after reading this thread, now I'm in the mood for a York Fairgrounds hot dog and some Brickers fries!
I seem to remember that you were also a big fan of funnel cake. I haven't heard it mentioned for a few years.
For dinner one night, swing over to Hanover and checkout Warehouse Gourmet Bistro & Brewpub. We go every year since it opened. You’ll forget all about the fair food you had for lunch.
GG1 4877 posted:You know it's York season when the complaining starts!
A-men, Jonathan. And it continues for several weeks after York.
Hey, nobody is complaining, what is going on? Let's see if I can come up with something.
Never mind, I already complained enough.
Dave
Any one ever eat at Barracuda's Seafood Pub on east side of York near memory lane?
Number 90 posted:GG1 4877 posted:You know it's York season when the complaining starts!
A-men, Jonathan. And it continues for several weeks after York.
I love it and look forward to it twice a year.
I'm a little disappointed that no one has commented on my favorite breakfast.
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wild mary posted:Traindiesel posted:Hmmmm, after reading this thread, now I'm in the mood for a York Fairgrounds hot dog and some Brickers fries!
I seem to remember that you were also a big fan of funnel cake. I haven't heard it mentioned for a few years.
Nick, you’re right, I do love funnel cake! But I haven’t had one at York in a while. That’s because the last time I did I made the mistake of eating against the wind. Ended up with powdered sugar all over me.
What I miss is the truck that use to be outside the Orange Hall selling the fruit streusel !!
Traindiesel posted:Hmmmm, after reading this thread, now I'm in the mood for a York Fairgrounds hot dog and some Brickers fries!
...followed by a big tip for the restroom attendant
Mallard4468 posted:Traindiesel posted:Hmmmm, after reading this thread, now I'm in the mood for a York Fairgrounds hot dog and some Brickers fries!
...followed by a big tip for the restroom attendant
Isn’t that where we all end up eventually anyway?!
I’m confused. Isn’t York a train show?
Anyway, I think this cat is pulling our legs. Anyone who complains about food quality and then demands a McDonalds or Burger King can’t be serious!
This past April was m first York. Had a funnel cake from one of the outside vendors for a mid-day snack. Not difficult to make, but hot with lots of powdered sugar, it really hit the spot! 
Jim
