We are always ]ooking for a better way to do food. After trying our first Beef on Wexck the previous day, Rebbel got a hold of her friend who grew up in the Buffalo area for some tips on where to get a better Beef on Weck. Her friend had been a wealth of information. She had told us about a suburb of Buffalo called East Aurora. This town is the home of gift shops, gourmet popcorn shop, Vidler's 5 and 10 and Fisher Price. Vidler's took me back in time, with an old time candy counter and other merchandise that seemed to come right out of the Woolworth store of the seventies. The place she told us about was called Eckl's, They are located in another city close to Buffalo called Orchard Park.
The building they are in is one of the oldest in Orchard Park,dating back to 1816. The restaurant has been around since the 1930's. It closed for a bit when the owner retired, but reopened again when it was bought by oneof the loyal customer's.
The Beef on Weck was delicous, By this time, we had become more savvy and had added some horse radish that not only cleared my sinuses' but added another layer of flavor that complemented the medium rare roast beef, that had been carved at the station by hand, close to where we were seated, They had other food on the menu too. For instance, the table close to us had ordered the yellow pike. I learned that yellow pike is actually what we know in Michigan as Walleye. Must be a western New York thing, because I never heard it called that anywhere else. Eckl's is located at 4936 Ellicott Rd, Orchard Park, Bew York. Find them on the web at : http://www.eckls.com/
After trying Trip Advisor's number two breakfast place in Lansing a couple of weeks back, Rebbel asked why we had not tried the number one place. It seemed like a good question. Maybe the name wasa little misleading. The Soup Spoon Cafe did not sound like a breakfast place. One look at the breakfast/brunch menu proved me wrong! The menu is filled with so much tasty foods, Ihad a hard time choosing. Everything from egg Benedict's, to hotcakes with real maple syrup,deli sandwiches, and omelets. We decided to choose the omelets. Rebbel chose the Black Forest omlet. This omlelet is made wi three eggs, koudemade Canadien bacon, mushrooms,onions, tomatoes, and gruywew cheese. It was drizzled with hollandaise. I gave it highmarks, I chose the Northeastern omelet. It has crab, green onions, tomatoes. It was topped off by a basil cream sauce. It was also athree egg omelet and was huge and the crab made me feel like I was indeed out east. Ialso took the choice of a brunch sald for a side dish, which actually went very well with my order. 
The service the day we went was a little slow, but the waitress kept the coffee coming, You can tell just by the menu offerrings that this is not your typical restaurant. They go a step or two further. If you would like to go try the Soup Spoon Cafe, you can find them at 1419 E Michigan in Lansing. They are on the web at https://soupspooncafe.com .
