Food Time

The Luxury Diner’s back wall. The room is shaped like (and may be) an old diner car.

Finding cool places to eat is always a priority while on the road. In Indiana, we stopped at a tackle shop/ hunting supply/ ice cream shop/ quick serve restaurant called Buck n’ Dumb Bass. It wasn’t as big as you might think from this description, image a small town general store. LeeAnn and I both had tenderloin sandwiches while there. We’re sure they weren’t hand pounded, but we enjoyed the experience nonetheless. We talked with the owner for a while. He runs the place by himself in the off season. When he learned we travel by RV, he told us he’s looking forward to retiring from the store in a few years and hitting the road with an RV and fishing boat.

The Luxury Diner

There was nothing special to report on the food front until we got to Wyoming. We knew we needed to go into town (Cheyenne) on our first full day at Curt Gowdy State Park, so LeeAnn researched breakfast places and found a place called The Luxury Diner. She said it looked like it was in a hotel and it’s been around for a long time. I was a little concerned it might be fancy. No need to worry. Turns out it was next to a motel and not fancy, but it served a fantastic breakfast. I had tostadas with beans and green chili sauce, and LeeAnn had biscuits and gravy with green chili sauce. I can’t recommend the place enough, as long as you like your breakfast with a Mexican flair.

A few days later, we went to Laramie, and ate at the 17th Street Café, within walking distance of the University. They too did breakfast with a Mexican flair. I had breakfast enchiladas with chorizo and green chilies, LeeAnn had a skillet scramble. They were both very good. Green chilies must be a thing in southeastern Wyoming. I’m not sure we’ve seen this many opportunities to add them to meals outside of New Mexico. It was a pleasant surprise.