[vmartino26]

I always find it interesting that some people question the necessity of being involved with a "forum" like this one. Our experience this weekend reinforces my belief that this forum is a valuable resource.

We had a quick weekend. Up Friday night and back to MA Sunday afternoon.
I've read so many comments about Karen and Barry's, but had never tried the place. That changed Friday night. We went in and were seated promptly. Our orders were taken in a timely fashion. And the food was great. Karen came over to see if things were going well. Just a wonderful Friday evening dinner. We'll be going back again for sure.

Saturday we found ourselves in Moltonborough. We stopped at a place we've driven by many times. Probably wouldn't have stopped this time if not for the nice words we've read about this place --the North Shore Drive-In at the intersection of 25 and 109.

This is not a place my other half would have usually stopped in. But because of the words we'd seen written in the forum, we gave it a try. And we were most pleasantly surprised. Brenda sat us quickly. She took our drink orders, then our food orders, and the drinks and food arrived in a timely fashion. We didn't order anything exotic -- some sweet and sour chicken wings as an app, my other half had a reuben and I settled in on a straight cheesburger.

The wings were messy. They were plump. They were juicy. They were delicious. My wife's reuben was delicious as well, and I enjoyed my cb with all the fixins. Brenda checked on things throughout the meal. It was simple food -- but delicious. It will definitely warrant stops in the future.

Sautrday night we ended up in Alton Bay to see a concert and take in some fireworks. We picked up sandwiches at Weirs the Beef and brought them over to Alton and ate during the show. I love the roast beef sandwiches at Weirs the Beef. A large sandwich with ketchup. Simple yet delicious.

So a restaurant Karen and Barry's that we hadn't gone to, and another one North Shore Drive-In that we finally tried, and what got us to go was the comments on this forum. Two pleasant locally owned businesses trying to do best by the customer. And succeeding. Keep those recommendations coming in. Some of us are listening.