First meal was at Tom's Diner in Lockport where the Italian sausage hoagie was very street-vendor and the pies were laudable. I had a slice of apple that probably would rate 4.5 stars except it was served cold. The apples were crisp and cinnamony and the topping was a very good crumble. The crust was thin but perfect. Sophia ordered Nutella pie which is made with the gacky stuff that's part elephant poop, part pecan shells, and shouldn't ever end up in something as important as pie. She said it was tasty...you'll have to refer to her blog (like it seems everyone does anyway) for her description...
We also had a dinner at Garlocks where I was served a two-rib pork chop I swear was two inches thick, but cooked perfectly - not easy to do with pork. And the Italian fare at DeFlippos was also exceptional. All-in-all, Lockport was a pretty good place to have transmission failure.
Speaking of which, can't brag enough on the guys at Redline Automotive. Truck was actually ready on Monday evening! But we were settled in the motel, so we waited until Tuesday morning to resume or wanderings ...
Which took us through Saratoga Springs where we decided to try Karavilli Indian. I had my benchmark dish for Indian restaurants, Saag Paneer, and theirs was not as cheesy I'm used to, but more spinachy which is a good thing too! But the appetizer we ordered (the Indian name escapes me) was basically a shrimp tikka masala served with puffed wheat bread and was so good I could have just eaten the masala with some basmati and been been completely content.
For breakfast the next morning, we decided to let the mojo carry us where it would, including through two towns and past numerous cafes until we stopped at Lynn's, where they were just pulling their home made sugar cookies from the oven. So we had those for breakfast appetizers. But Soph's biggest praise was for the white-chocolate chip cranberry muffins!
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