I was reading about the recent demise of Nonni's Italian Restaurant in Concord and I'm not surprised. I had been to the other Nonni's in Hillsboro years ago and the experience had been an enjoyable one. I heard they were opening in Concord and thought this is gonna be good. Then, It became known that they would be opening at the Holiday Inn...ha...what? Can't you just open a stand alone restaurant like everyone else. Anyway, I went once and it was a horrible experience. But this got me thinking, Why does everyone think that opening a restaurant in a hotel is a good idea? The initial rumor was that the owner was going to open a Mexican Restaurant in Hillsboro and in hindsight probably would have made more sense. Then there was the disappearance of Harts in Manchester. The reason that I heard was that they are renovating the hotel and that Harts will return. We will see but I have my doubts. Another time I can remember paying something like $35 for spaghetti and meatballs at the Four Seasons Italian restaurant in Maui, Hawaii. It was okay but nothing spectacular.. You know what else really steams me...Crappy hotel breakfasts especially at a lot of hotels in larger cities. Usually a buffet of stuff that has been sitting for way too long...sign me up. And to top it off you're stuck with a really big bill for bad food. Nuff said, hotel restaurants are a no no.
It's been awhile since I've posted and for good reason. The holidays were very busy this year with the typical craziness and hair pulling that goes along with trying to buy my wife gifts. Needless to say, 90% of what I buy gets returned and I spend a couple of more months making up for the my poor decisions. Of course this has nothing to do with food but it answers the question of the lack of posts for awhile. And we have the typical discussions about moving to someplace warm after another frigid New Hampshire day. But the conversations always go back to food and especially ice cream. It is almost impossible to find good ice cream during the winter months and we dream about our favorite places and visiting for the first time. Needless to say my wife's mother loves Ice Cream as well and we received a call today that Hayward's Ice Cream in Nashua, NH would be opening on February 17th... Stop the presses, the drought will soon be over.
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