Tour of Galesburg restaurants

These days I dash a lot in the mornings. That means I go to Starbucks a lot, and Dunkin', and McDonalds. I get a general tour of all the restaurants in Galesburg. Not quite all though; some don't do Doordash.

One of those I don't do is Judy's; I've only set foot in it once. That was to give Judy a book and to tell her I thought she was a social media pioneer, I admire her movies, and I want to write a book with her. Since then I've seen her a lot (I live on her block) but still haven't eaten a pancake. She gets a lot of business from out of town but not so much. from the neighborhood.

Tres Cafe is another one that seems to get people from far and wide, as opposed to people from right there on that side of the tracks. It's cornered by trains and sometimes the trains stop on the tracks, making us dashers sit or go all the way around on Losey twice just to get there. I'm curious about their food too. The fact is my wife has a sore back so we don't go to any restaurants, and those few minutes I'm inside, waiting for that order, are the few and only minutes I can be taking in the atmosphere. That is true for every restaurant.

I'm glad Arby's finally got doordash, as I kind of like going in there. I also like Masa's, Coney Island, McAlister's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Lenny's, Culver's, Steak 'n' Shake, Taco Bell (2), Joy Garden, Jersey Mike's, Chipotle, Burger King, the usual. I like them all, even the pizza places, though a lot of them have their own drivers, and they make me wrap the pizza up in my red bag which is not really a problem. I like the ones in Knoxville. I can tell you a bit more about them than you really need to know. I do Landmark, PHO and some of the fancy places too, and I like that because I feel that if you're going all out to get really good food you might as well get delivery too, kind of like the hotel rule.

Another place that doesn't have it is Taco Hideaway, which I just found out about, tucked out in a field out by the tracks in the southwest part of town. Check it out. I can't really describe it here except to say that I'd like that guy to try doordash, just so I could step in the place a little more often - it's hopping, or at least was, last time I was there. Another good place is the little one on Academy, near the library; my wife calls it Jarochitos but I don't think that's the right name. Delicious and very friendly! We go there for takeout, since we never do the dining experience.

I don't think I got them all, and I know there are others that just don't get doordash. It may be too complicated to get it, or maybe they have their own drivers, like Domino's or Alfano's. Pizza Hut kind of does both. I dash Little Caesar's a lot, but really if I had my druthers I'd eat at Smokin' Willie's or something, even if I have sodium restrictions. Smokin' Willie's had trouble when they moved and DD had trouble with it and kept sending people back over to North St. which was ridiculous, and maybe it was just too much for them to deal with. They are also like Perkins in the sense that they do orders in the order they come in, which forces dashers to wait around in busy times, and it's not a good way to do it. If you do DD you have to be willing to time your order for a quick arrival so that people get food on time, and dashers don't quit from not wanting to stand around. Our life is bad enough, we shouldn't have to smell all that delicious food and not even take a break.

That's a general report - that's Galesburg on your average day. Dozens of cool places.