Indiana is an interesting place. They have towns called Ireland and Holland. A flood swept out towns called English and Leavenworth so they made new ones by the same name. And there's a town called Santa Claus - where everything looks like Christmas - and it houses Holiday World (a theme park that has an area devoted to Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving + a storybook forest type and a splashin' safari).

Holland has an ice cream shop near a windmill called - wait for it - Windmill Chill. Cash only, but a pretty large menu for an ice cream shop. I got a medium chocolate and vanilla swirl cone. I don't think you can mess this up, but it was really tasty.

If I wasn't feeling so exhausted after the day, I probably would've gotten out to check out the windmill. But oh well.

Grade: A

Acropolis is Greek-themed (go figure), with figurines and fake green plants lining the dining areas.

The menu had a bunch of lunch specialties, and a few caught my eye. But first, we were brought a basket of pita chips with this sort of cinnamon butter. It was odd, considering the pita chips were savory - garlic, etc.


First came a small, basic salad. A bed of romaine lettuce with a piece of tomato and some feta (I do like feta!). These salads bore me so much. Add some veggies, would ya. I ordered the gyro tortellini, which was lamb/beef with tortellini in a creamy garlic sauce. This was a typical dish I would order (mm carbs), with the added greek twist of the lamb meat. I was a fan. Creamy and hearty.


And then dessert! Baklava. It wasn't as crunchy as I've had - more soft, but good.

However. I don't know if it was the tortellini or salad or dessert or whatever. But I definitely was not feeling great later. And neither was Kayla.

Grade: C

I went to Indiana to visit my friend Kayla, who moved out there for work. I hadn't been, so she had me traveling all over the place, trying all kinds of new restaurants. I know most of you don't care, but I had fun. I'll keep these next few posts brief.

The Overlook overlooks the Ohio River. The menu is comfort, classic country food. I ordered the chicken cordon bleu. It came with two sides - I went for mashed potatoes and cole slaw.

The chicken cordon bleu was pretty baller. Swiss cheese, ham and chicken rolled in breadcrumbs and pan-fried and topped with a butter sauce. I loved cutting into it and just having Swiss cheese ooze out. I mean, awesome.



The mashed potatoes were not homemade, I don't think, but kind of reminded me of school lunch. Which isn't bad - I actually kinda liked them. Plus there was a thick, country gravy to top it off with. The cole slaw was very good. For dessert, I had their special, which was a peanut butter pie. I've had better peanut butter pie, and the chocolate was pretty bitter, but I mean, I'm splitting hairs. Overall, pretty good.




Grade: A

Afton and I headed to Richwood to experience the Feast of the Ramson in the ramps capital of the country: Richwood, W.Va. That will be a separate post, but while in town, we figured we'd check out a local restaurant. Local Twitter troll @ASourAppleTree recommended Mumsey's Iron Skillet.

It's a cute restaurant with lots of cast-iron skillets and tools on the walls. Bright red walls and chairs. And a dessert case to die for.

I was told their burger was the way to go, so I ordered their cheeseburger for $4.59. No fries or sides because my eye was already on dessert.


This was, by all accounts, a pretty good burger. It was pretty big, a little loppy - which says homemade to me - and juicy. A pretty solid burger all around - and a sesame seed bun! Who doesn't love that?








Dessert, though.

I got a pineapple piece of cake. I don't really know why. It just looked so.. huge. And delicious. It was. Moist and a ton of sugary icing. Layers of cake were lined with pineapple bits and cream. Delish.




Grade: A

While we had our full meal already, I wanted to soak up as many Wheeling eateries as I could. Another I hadn't been to was Later Alligator.

It's not even a block from the Centre Market, so we stopped by for some snacks and smoothies.

We grabbed menus and sat at the bar as we figured out what we wanted. I ordered their soup special: corn chowder with shrimp, while my parents both got smoothies.

They had salads, savory crepes, sweet crepes, and wraps/sandwiches.

After waiting for a bit - well, quite a while - we received our items and headed for home. It was a little pricey.


The soup was still piping hot when we got home, so I dove right in. It was tasty - creamy, with huge chunks of shrimp. I was a fan. Little too expensive and a long wait. But the food wasn't bad.



Grade: B