Since my husband started taking pictures of all the crap I was eating, I decided I better set a good example and start eating healthier foods, like salads. Plus my pants are getting a little snug from eating so many hotdogs and fried foods.

One of my favorite places to eat lunch is Cinders Restaurant inside the Ramada Inn. It is quiet and relaxing. You can sit by the window and look out onto the hotel swimming pool while listening to soothing instrumental music coming from the speakers.

Except for when loud cell phone talker man, who uses the place as his personal office to conduct business, is there. Hey dude, “Your personal is interrupting my public!” He is a regular patron, too. I certainly wouldn’t want any job where I couldn’t take thirty minutes off without answering the dang phone. What was I talking about…oh yeah, back to salad.

Cinders offers a salad bar and homemade soups. Many of the soups are cooked by the mysterious Ms Pearl. We are told she is a little old lady that has been a fixture around there for a really long time, whipping up her magical soups back in the kitchen. We have never seen her though and think she is an apparition. The soups are delicious; I’ve tried the home made potato, vegetable beef, tomato florentine, and the chicken noodle (pictured at left. The salad bar is pretty basic, just salad fixings with a potato salad and home made croutons. (Below) Occasionally there is pasta salad or some other item. I would like to see fruit as a permanent choice, even if it’s just canned fruit. My preference would be strawberries and melon.

They have daily specials like spaghetti, chicken strips, bratwurst, etc. From the menu you can choose one of their delicious sandwiches, made to order, on your choice of bread. The also have a salad with chicken strips, chef salad, and hamburgers. Plus dinners of grilled chicken, meatloaf or hamburger patty with green beans and mashed potatoes.

I almost forgot to tell you that they also make an excellent breakfast.

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