On 1/14/2019 11:15 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-01-14 9:42 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/14/2019 12:35 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>> Admittedly, though, this is a "high end" hospital.Â* I lucked out
>>> being sent to this one.
>>>
>> I worked with a guy in Memphis who said his parents would go to a
>> hospital cafeteria once a week for dinner.Â* They claimed the food was
>> better than any restaurant.
>
> When I was in the hospital after heart surgery the food was not all
> horrible.Â* My first solid food was a shingle of beef. The other meals
> were better.Â* On my last stay they kept me on clear fluids and on the
> last morning I rebelled. The nurse found me some real food. It may have
> tasted extra good because it was the first solid food I had had in a
> week. My lunch that day was not bad.Â* I can't say it was better than any
> restaurant. It was perhaps as good as some chains.
>
Well hey, I don't know what his parents considered good. All I know is
he said they went to a hospital cafeteria once a week for dinner. I'm
not sure if it was food quality or price. Hey, it's a cafeteria. I'm
not a fan of cafeterias, in general.

The only good cafeteria I've ever been to and actually recommended to
others was Picadilly in Germantown, TN. I'd go there for lunch with
co-workers about once a month.

They had a wonderful selection of freshly prepared foods. I usually got
a cup of the soup of the day, baked fish (never overcooked!) with a side
of steamed vegetables. But they often had roast beef; there was a
carving station on the line and someone would slice off some beef. To
go with the beef was gravy, mashed potatoes. A lot of other selections.
The cooks were right there talking to us as we moved along the line.
Picadilly had (has?) *really* good food. For a cafeteria.

Jill