Hi. Thanks for stopping by.
I have wanted to tell you this for a long time. You see, I’m a longtime lurker, and I have seen a disturbing trend over the past couple of years on r/roanoke. Here’s how it plays out:
Somebody from out of town says, “hey, I’ve never been to Roanoke but I’m coming to town for a job interview/hiking excursion/whatever…what should I do when I’m in town?”
And invariably somebody answers, “you HAVE to go to Texas Tavern and get a cheesy Western with!”
Stop saying this.
Texas Tavern is awful.
It is a local institution, and for folks who live here, fine. Go and support a local business, even a gross one.
But a visitor? Somebody who might have only one meal in Roanoke? You really want them to go eat a parboiled .015 ounce hamburger with egg and relish on it?
Do me a favor, go put some pickles on your scrambled eggs.
Sound good? No. And it isn’t.
So please stop giving visitors who don’t know better such awful advice.
But again, thanks for visiting!
Grandin Republic 