Ask the Williamsburgers

Sometimes I get into a sentimental, nostalgic mood and I think of Williamsburg and what it was like well before my time.

I hear so many memories of the Williamsburg of yesteryear and the pictures remind me that our town has an interesting past and a bright future.

This week’s question is: What was your favorite place to eat growing up?

Here is what a few residents had to say:

Suzanne Gorsuch: Louie’s Coral Lounge

Della Helsley: The Sizzler

Lori Brubaker: My grandmother’s kitchen

Larry Rice: Annie’s restaurant on First Street

Connie Longenecker: Peggy’s Diner

Wendy Martin: Louie’s Coral Lounge

Bethany Stokes: Shoneys and Hoss’s

Jim Parks: My mother’s

Marianne Nicholas: Pete and Piggy’s for sure! Dad took us there most Sundays. The waitress even knew what we would order – the kindest people. Mr. Piggy would tell us stories as we waited for our food!

Renee Douglas: Chilcote’s

Thomas Lear: Home

Anna Gibboney: Louie’s – the homemade spaghetti and a Mickey Mouse drink.

Barb Dulaney: The Diamond restaurant in Mercer where I grew up. Yummy mashed potatoes and gravy along with memories with my brother. It was our treat to ourselves (just him and myself) on allowance day.

Janet Kipe: Home with family around the table.

Sheryl Hart: We didn’t go out much. But I do remember going with my grandparents to Howard Johnson. Best hamburgers ever.

Travis McCall: Country Kitchen in Canoe Creek or the Dugout in Williamsburg

Kevin Wise: Ponderosa – only because my dad wouldn’t eat anywhere else.

Don Zimmerman: Gildea’s in Williamsburg