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Elkhart Restaurant Review: Steak n' Shake

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 This is a restaurant we visited while we were in Indiana.  I have looked and there is not one near Omaha.  Closest is a couple hundred miles away, Kansas City.  They brag about their fries and tater tots being cooked in beef tallow.  Their website talks about them transitioning away from seed oils.  Apparantly this is to avoid heavy processing and polyunsaturated fats.  The food tasted OK but the restaurant itself smelled of the tallow fats.   I enjoyed by grilled cheese, I wasn't in the mood for a burger.  Sheri had a burger and said it was very good.  I had a large order of tater tots and they were very good.  We all had shakes.  I had the butterfinger and it was excellent.  Most of the kids had Oreo shakes or cookies and cream.  They also had chocolate chip mint and Snickers.  It was a bit pricey with the shakes but overall a good experience.  Their first store was on Route 66 in Normal, Ill.
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Rest Area Grinnell, Iowa

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 This restarea is along the I-80 in Iowa.  It is between Des Moines and Iowa City.  There are a couple historical bulletins, talking about the city of Grinnell and the university in Grinnell. 
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Ice cream/ Mexican Restaurant Review: Sweet Cone

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A play on words with street corn so I asked them if they have sweet corn.  I love the sweetcorn at Chili's.  They had a dish they called chasca which is a version of street corn but the corn is off the cob.  They but the corn in a cup and added mayonaise and sour cream, butter and lime.  I got the version without the hot sauce.  It was a bit much for me and there was corn juice in the bottom indicating the used canned corn and not corn off the cob.   There prices were a bit steep.  I had lemon flavored soft ice cream and it was pretty good.  It was in a waffle cone.  Asher and Jeremy had hard ice cream.  $5 for the corn cups and $5 or $$6 for the ice creams.  Jeremy had a specialty sundae so it wasn't to bad in terms of the price.  However both Jeremy and I decided we wouldn't go back.  
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Beaver Rest Area

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 Beaver Rest Area is on the I-80 in Mitchellville, Iowa.  It really doesn't have a theme nor did I see any informational bulletins.  However it did have a very nice grassy picnic area.  
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Applebee's for Ribs

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 We visited Elkhart Applebees which is on Highway 33 between Elkhart and Goshen.  I ordered their ribs as did two of the boys.  I found the ribs to be too spicy hot, but they all seemed to disappear so there were no leftovers.  I like ribs because they usually last some time afterward.  I think everyone enjoyed themselves, although we were eating after a long baseball game so it pretty late on us.  Applebee's in Bellevue review is here.  
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Elkhart Tradition: Rise'n Roll

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 Rise'n Roll is an Amish donut shop.  It is a place we always frequent at least once when we are in Elkhart.  The donuts are very good albeit a bit more expensive.  They do not maple bars.  Instead they have caramel donuts, or caramel powdered sugar donuts.  Many family members prefer the powdered sugar to the caramel frosting.  They are about $17 a dozen.
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Restaurant Review: Johnny's in Omaha

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 Johnny's is in South Omaha on L street.  It is a bit confusing to get to.  You turn like you are getting on the freeway and then there is a sid road off of the freeway entrance road that takes you to the restaurant.  When I visited Johnny's the South Omaha air was present from the meat packing operations; but not inside the restaurant.  Johnny's is a well known steak house.  I was with a presentation so the steak was not offered.  I had the Prime which which is a French dip with sliced prime rib.  The sandwich and the au-jus were excellent.  The salad had a vinaigrette which made it too something for my taste.  The fries were also sort of bland and not even ketchup could rescue them.  I would like to go back and have prime rib or just ribs.
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