A Nochebuena Dinner
The Hialeah Moose Lodge had a Latin dinner last night. Pork, black beans, rice and yucca,and plantains, beer, soft drinks and door prizes. The food was good and I sat at a table with a few horse people from Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Maryland.
Try as I might to explain the yucca with mojo did not go over well as a side dish. I've lived in Miami so long that rice and beans or yucca have almost replaced potatoes on my plate. This is Hialeah but in some ways I think the lodge is sort of an Alamo for folks making a last stand on a lot of fronts.
The place is a corner bar, it's private but if your heart is beating and you can reach the buzzer you're in and you will probably recognize someone if you have been in the neighborhood for a while. Bingo on Wednesdays and Sundays, poker other days and a fish fry on alternating Fridays. Back in Illinois this place could have passed for Jerry's, Del's Tap, or more than a few between Wood Dale and Bensenville. A juke box, a pool table, a small dance floor and a decidedly older clientele that feels comfortable where everybody knows everybody and people can smoke while having a beer or cocktail.
The way back machine was working overtime last night.
As a public service the lodge and the FQHA will be sponsoring Christmas Dinner American Style on Wednesday, free food, drinks extra for the horse people including owner/trainers, grooms, hotwalkers, jockeys, agents and their families. Beats doing the dishes and I had enough left over turkey after Thanksgiving
Try as I might to explain the yucca with mojo did not go over well as a side dish. I've lived in Miami so long that rice and beans or yucca have almost replaced potatoes on my plate. This is Hialeah but in some ways I think the lodge is sort of an Alamo for folks making a last stand on a lot of fronts.
The place is a corner bar, it's private but if your heart is beating and you can reach the buzzer you're in and you will probably recognize someone if you have been in the neighborhood for a while. Bingo on Wednesdays and Sundays, poker other days and a fish fry on alternating Fridays. Back in Illinois this place could have passed for Jerry's, Del's Tap, or more than a few between Wood Dale and Bensenville. A juke box, a pool table, a small dance floor and a decidedly older clientele that feels comfortable where everybody knows everybody and people can smoke while having a beer or cocktail.
The way back machine was working overtime last night.
As a public service the lodge and the FQHA will be sponsoring Christmas Dinner American Style on Wednesday, free food, drinks extra for the horse people including owner/trainers, grooms, hotwalkers, jockeys, agents and their families. Beats doing the dishes and I had enough left over turkey after Thanksgiving
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