Glasgow Kentucky and beyond

Glasgow Scottie Band

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:04:00 +0000

The middle of July and my schedule returns. My son started band today. Not a big deal except it means I have to build my schedule around his drop off and pickup times. It's just like school has started but with one big exception - no bus.

School dictates when I wake up and when I must be home to welcome him back each day. This doesn't take me out of the house since the bus picks him up and drops him off at the end of our driveway. The band on the other hand, requires me to drive him. This takes about ten minutes. The bad part it also requires me to pick him up. This also takes ten minutes. The bad part is; Mr. Bonds, the Glasgow High School band director, doesn't ever finish on time. He has an odd idea about his band getting it right before they leave. This is one reason they are state champs but it does take a big bite out of my evening.

This is something I really hate during band camp but really love when they are kicking butt in Cardinal Stadium during state competitions.

I guess I can live with two weeks of inconvenience if it means Bonds, and his defending AA state champions, are ready for the season.

Although I am expecting, with almost his whole championship band returning, for Mr. Bonds to inconvenience me again when I have to schedule a trip to Louisville to watch them challenge for another title.

I think I can find the time!

Gondoliers

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:48:00 +0000

Gondoliers

Gondoliers may be the best restaurant in Glasgow. I have now tried almost every menu item and I am willing to try the rest in the name of research. The menu is predominantly Italian but they also have many, many other things.

Everything from chicken wings to cheeseburgers and fries. If you haven't tried them you are missing something good.

Fox in Glasgow, KY

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:42:00 +0000

Red Fox in Glasgow, KY

I saw a fox in my backyard.

Last week I happen to be looking out into my backyard and saw two foxes run into the yard. They stopped suddenly and backed into the neighbor's yard. I think they may have smelled my dogs and were afraid my over sized Boxers would use them as a chew toy.

I went and grabbed my new Fuji camera with it's 24X zoom and tried it out. Unfortunately one fox was already back into the dense trees but I got a pretty good picture of this one before he too ran back into the woods.

Believe it or not I live within the city limits.

Glasgow and the heat

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:35:00 +0000

If I wanted to live some where this hot I would of moved to the Sun. The heat this year is ridiculous. It's so hot today I saw a squirrel icing his nuts.

Good Luck Shackleford and Jesus

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:59:00 +0000

With Shackleford's jockey, Jesus L. Castanon having Glasgow, Ky ties, is there any other horse to root for in the Belmont Stakes?

Jesus Castanon's kids attend Glasgow High School. Any one who has children who attend school with my kids is going to get my support.

Shackleford is thought not to have the ability to win the longer Belmont Stakes. These are the same experts who said Shackleford was too lathered and excited to win the Preakness

sitel

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:32:00 +0000

sitel (logo uses all small letters) is quickly becoming one of Barren counties biggest employers. The telecommunications company's Glasgow operations specializes in Best Buy support service. It will employee more than 500 people when fully staffed. Many of the jobs are near minimum wage but a job is better than no job.

Keep in mind also, sitel is a huge corporation, with room for people to grow if they put in the work. I have no affiliation to sitel but I know several people who work there and they reportedly like it.

It would be nice to have a place like RR Donnelley's once was, where a young person could go to work after their education and make a life for themselves in Glasgow, KY instead of moving away to find work.

Glasgow gas prices

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:25:00 +0000

This morning I needed gas. I happen to drive by Zacks on 31E and saw their price at $3.46 a gallon on my way to WalMart. WalMart's price was $3.54. Eight cents a gallon difference a mile apart? Seems a little strange.

Guess where I bout $39 worth of gas? Good guess, if you said Zacks.

Dairy Queen

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:53:00 +0000

Is it only me or does anyone else think when you order a Blizzard at Dairy Queen they should fill it to the top?

Glasgow, Ky hot enough to fry eggs

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:50:00 +0000

It was hot enough to fry eggs on the pavement in Glasgow today. This is ironic because we don't have much pavement and not a single decent breakfast restaurant.

You know a town is short of good egg places when you have to drive to Cave City the home of the world's worst Cracker Barrel, to get even the resemblance of a restaurant style morning meal.

I wish a Denny's would come here and solve my cravings for a good omelet in the middle of the night.

Scottie Band - National Anthem

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:23:00 +0000

Glasgow Band plays National Anthem for Hot Rods

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:19:00 +0000

The Glasgow Scottie band played The National Anthem at the Bowling Green Hot Rod game last Thursday night.

It was part of Subway Subs Hometown Champions promotion.

Glasgow's Best Restaurant

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:09:00 +0000

Gondoliers is Glasgow, Ky's best restaurant. If you haven't been there yet go now! It's vast menu has a little something for everyone. The Italian dishes are great. The pizza is better than the fast food pizza choices we had before. Even the hamburgers and cold sanwiches are worth driving out to the old Buckhead spot.

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Gondolier Italian Restaurant and Pizza

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:37:00 +0000

Gondolier Italian Restaurant and Pizza is our newest eatery. (Eatery? Pretty fancy talk, huh?)

Gondolier's is in the Fergies - Buckhead location. A location not exactly known for it's success. I think Gondolier's will change that fact. It's feature cuisine is Italian but they have a huge menu with many items not Italian including cheeseburgers and chicken wings.

They also have the biggest slices of cake in Glasgow.

I have visited Gondolier Italian Restaurant and Pizza once. I ordered the spaghetti with meat sauce. Mostly because I wanted to gauge this restaurant based on an Italian dish. The meat sauce was good - not great. It was however more than worth the six dollar lunch price. I would order it again.

My wife ordered the pepperoni Stromboli. She loved it and has since ordered it to go for her dinner at work. It was over stuffed with pepperoni, peppers, onions and more than enough cheese. A definite must try item.

We also ordered chicken wings. We ordered the medium hot. Next time I will try a step hotter. They were good but the hot sauce didn't seem to stick to the chicken wings. The sauce that puddled on the platter was tasty but not much of it remained on the wings.

Maybe not drained after frying enough?

We received free bread sticks and they were worth the price but not much more. They weren't warm and and didn't taste fresh.

Keep in mind this was the second day they were open and when they get the opening glitches out I believe this will be one of Glasgow's best places to eat.

Look for my follow up visit.

Pizza Hut on 31E

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:12:00 +0000

I made my yearly visit to Pizza Hut. I know, I know, I should stay away but the new commercial pulled me in.

The new meat stuffed crust looked great on TV. Not so great in the restaurant. The crust was better than a non stuffed but the pizza itself left a lot to be desired.

First of all when I order a pizza I expect toppings besides cheese. When the server asked if I wanted the "meat" I assumed that meant the crust and the rest would have meat. I was wrong to assume. In fairness to Pizza Hut I should of asked. In fairness to me, Pizza Hut should have it listed on the menu, on a table tent, written on the table, something besides a chalkboard near the door I never saw until I was leaving.

Besides the pizza I ordered wings - non breaded. I received breaded wings. My wife ordered sweet tea and received unsweetened tea. She sent the tea back, I ate the wings.

I believe the reason there were mistakes was - Pizza Hut had one server working the whole dining room at 12:25 on a Wednesday. How ridiculous is that?

My recommendation is to skip Pizza Hut and go to the new Italian restaurant in town Gondelier's Pizza.

You can bet your stuffed pizza I will next time.

Red Hats and rude manners

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:29:00 +0000

I recently was in a Bowling Green restaurant when my meal was rudely interrupted by other patrons about six tables away from me. Their loud rude behavior was something I would expect at McDonalds on a Friday night by teenagers with raging hormones. This was not McDonald's nor teenagers. It was a chapter of the Red Hat Society.

The Red Hats are a female club whose average age is some where in the neighborhood of 423 years. I suspect it's their ancient age which makes them believe it's okay to be so loud no other diner in the restaurant can have a conversation.

They already are easily spotted as attention wh@res as they walk in to an establishment wearing huge red hats and bright purple dresses. I guess after seeing these aged disruptors of dinner in their eye torture wear I shouldn't of been surprised they also were going to try to draw as much attention as possible by speaking in a voice loud enough to be used as a tornado warning siren.

At first I just though they all were deaf as doors but when the manager meekly mentioned other customers were complaining (not me...me and another guest were more in favor of tar and feathers) in not much more than a whisper and was immediately assaulted vocally with shrieking indignation that customers 17 tables away didn't need to know the names of their grandchildren's dog - Spencer if you are curious, it was apparent these obnoxious old bats could hear cake being cut four miles away.

It was at this moment that I asked for our check and left to seek a restaurant with less noise. Of course that left all options open including Chuck E. Cheese.

We settled on Toots. If you have been to Toots you now realize we don't expect to eat in The Cone of Silence. We just don't expect our ear drums to be shattered by the rude noise of women way too old to know better.

In fact I imagine these women were taught manners by Emily Post herself and she's been gone for fifty years!

In Summary; Toots wings ....still awesome! Toot's service very friendly. Try the fried pickles. First time customers get a sample for free.

Unnamed restaurant (because it wasn't their fault) great drinks.....if the Red Hat Society crows aren't perched in there next time we will review the food.

Suggestion; If you see wrinkled old bats in purple dresses and red hats steer clear or wear ear plugs. Real big ear plugs!

Chaney's Dairy Barn

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:47:00 +0000

On Saturday I finally followed the signs from Bowling Green to Chaney's Dairy Barn.

Chaney's is about 5 miles south of Exit 4 from the Natcher Parkway. Just follow 31W till you see a big red barn on the right with batting cages next to it.

Chaney's at first glance reminded me of the home dairy's though out New England who sell home made ice cream. I was surprised there wasn't a walk up window or 12 like you will find at many New England dairies like Kimballs in Carlisle , MA.

I walked inside and found a line about 10 deep. I don't know if this is normal because it looked like a girls softball team was there.

The service was fast but I wouldn't say friendly. The kids working the counter were robotic and didn't speak unless absolutely necessary.

My wife ordered a waffle cone with two scoops of mint chocolate chip. The scoops were large and the cone was freshly made.

I ordered a sundae with mint chocolate chip and hot fudge. I also agreed to whip cream when asked.

Important;

If you ever go to Chaney's Dairy Barn, do NOT order the sundae. In my opinion there was not enough hot fudge to make it worth the price and the whipped cream was warm and runny.

There was not a teaspoon of fudge on my sundae, so if I were you, I would order a waffle cone or a cup of ice cream at Chaney's.

Chaney's also has a menu of sandwiches but we didn't test any of them. There is also a small over priced gift store featuring Kentucky Proud items.

I would be a lot more PROUD if every time I saw one of those labels it wasn't for twice the price.

Summary;

waffle cone very good.
ice cream good
sundae not worth the price
service comparable to any fast food restaurant

Overall I was disappointed but that is because I was expecting something like I had seen in New England.

Without expectations it was fine and worth the drive IF you are in Bowling Green.

Cheddar's Casual Cafe

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:44:00 +0000

Cheddar's Casual Cafe.

I hadn't mentioned my favorite restaurant in awhile and I didn't want you to think there was a bad reason.

Cheddars is still as good as I first found them. If you haven't made the trip down Campbell Lane to the corner of Nashville Road - what are you waiting for?

Their prices are cheap. Portions are huge. Staff is friendly - especially the female manager who is usually at the door and her hosts and hostesses.

The decor is as nice as any restaurant charging three times their prices.

So get off your computer and treat yourself to a great meal tonight!

Glasgow needs doughnuts

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:35:00 +0000

Glasgow needs doughnuts!

Walmart donuts are not cutting it. They are usually stale and there is more icing on the plastic than on the pastry. Yes, I know I can get the ones out of the case but those are just as bad and cost twice as much. If I am going to buy a bad doughnut I am not going to pay 65 cents for it.

we also have Sweetheart bakery. They don't count for much because they are not open Sundays. I am all for observing the Sabbath but if you are a doughnut shop you can not have that luxury.

So what are we to do?

You should do what I do and drive to Bowling Green for great doughnuts. I go to a place called Great American Donuts. They are located on 31W. If you take Exit 26 - turn right - then turn right on 31W and you will see the sign in a couple of blocks on your right. If you see Taco Bell, you have gone too far.

Great American American Donuts or GADs as i am told the students of WKU call them are worth the drive. The doughnuts are made fresh right there in the shop. The people are friendly. The assortment is everything you would want in doughnuts.

Do yourself a favor next time you are in Bowling Green and pick up a dozen or more!

Bowling Green Hot Rods

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:40:00 +0000

We went to see a Bowling Green Hot Rod game last night.

It was a good time except for them losing. They gave up three runs in the top of the first and it turned out to be the difference.

Our seats were right behind home plate in row J, which I believe is ten rows from the field.

The seats were ten bucks each. About one tenth of what we would of paid at a major league park.

It was our first time at a Hot Rods game and I was surprised by the concession prices. Pleasantly surprised.

A jumbo hot dog was $3.25. Same for a quart of lemonade. Chips were two bucks. Dipping Dots 3.50 for a small and $5 for a large. All prices comparable to any food court in any mall in this part of the country.

It was Thursday night and that entitled us to drinks for two dollars a piece but we opted for the Souvenir Cups that were much larger for regular price.

All in all it was a fun night out for a reasonable price.

FYI- on certain dates you can order four tickets online for $47 and get four hot dogs, four drinks and four bags of chips included in the price of the seats.

Plus no goofy miniature dogs or drinks to make it work either.

A great deal!

Domino's Pizza

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:41:00 +0000

Tonight it was Domino's Pizza.

As we all know our local Domino's is on Cherry across from McDonald's - way too convenient.

I called for a couple of pizzas for pickup.

They answered the phone and quizzed me like a lost boy;

Pickup or delivery? Pickup.

Your phone number? I told them.

Your address? I told them.

Your name? I told them.

Apparently they were satisfied at this point and I was cleared to order pizza.

I asked them if they still had the special of large carryout pizzas with two toppings for $5.99. After checking I was told they did if I got carryout. I said that is what I want. I thought that was already clear during the initial interrogation.

I ordered one with pepperoni and Italian sausage and one with bacon and beef. She said they would be ready in 15 to 25 minutes and the total was $12 something....I think .70

I left the house in 15 minutes and arrived about twenty minutes after the phone call. I proudly told them my name after again being asked. They said it would be a few minutes. It was ten. Five of the minutes my pizzas were sitting on a shelf cooling.

I paid because I was not allowed to pay until the pizzas were done. Odd rule I think.

I took my pizzas home. They both were very good. Would of been better 5 minutes sooner but still excellent pizza.

Sausage had a little spice to it and I like that and apparently so did my sons because more of it went first then the bacon and and beef.

All in all a good dinner.

Side note; while waiting one of the Dominio's workers answered the phone and when obviously being asked the specials she only mentioned the mediums for 5.99 and not the larges.

So be sure to specify the large special. It's still posted on their website.

Big Moose's

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:22:00 +0000

When is Big Moose's going to have hours that meet my needs.

their food is great. The pork shoulder is too good not to order every time. The Indian stew has just enough spice to make me happy. The hours are terrible.

It's not just that their short on some days but I have a terrible time remembering what they are so we usually don't bother going down Main and we just stop some where on the ByPass.

It's too bad because Big Moose's is by far the best restaurant in Glasgow for lunch style meals.

Dairy Queen

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:17:00 +0000

Dairy Queen is my favorite place to get ice cream. It's unfortunate, we citizens of Glasgow have to put up with our Dairy Queen because lack of competition.

Maybe I am wrong, but if there was anywhere else besides the smoke filled little restaurant across from Gorin Park, the Glasgow dairy queen might actually care.

They might actually fill the Blizzards to the top. They might actually blend the Blizzards enough to mix the flavor with the ice cream. The might actually make a cone that doesn't look like a building after an 8.0 earthquake.

They might, but maybe not - move faster than a constipated turtle.

Lacking Posts

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:16:00 +0000

I have been neglecting my restaurant reviews so don't get confused when I try to catch up. It's not that I am eating 12 times a day ( or am I ? ). It's just that I need to update my forgotten blog.

Wendy's of Glasgow Kentucky

noreply@blogger.com (Guy from Glasgow) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:11:00 +0000

Tonight my son and I had dinner at Wendy's. We really wanted Tacos but didn't feel like a anything longer than fast food and last time we were at Taco Bell the employees were eating the hamburger while making tacos and it seemed a little gross.

I ordered a double with cheese and a side of chili, medium diet coke. My son had a double Baconator with cheese, chili and root beer.

The meal was perfect. Burgers, hot , juicy and looked like the commercials. Chili was - as always at Wendy's - the best chili in fast food land. The drinks were iced properly and filled fully.

Couldn't been happier with the food.