Earl's Diner

Earl's diner is a great place to find homemade pies, it is located on Rt.16 in a town called Chaffee about an hour outside of Buffalo. Take the 400 to the end, which will take you to Rt. 16. The first time there was about 8 years ago when I had my nephews in town from NYC, it was our half way place on the way to Rushford Lake. Earl's is a very different place where you drink out of canning jars and the tables are cowboy legs. Its a very county friendly place. I love their chicken wings... a wing with a nice breaded coating dipped in Franks Hot sauce and butter. It is our meeting place for the girls I use to work with at Head Start , once again a half way point.

When I go there on weekends in the fall , we often have to wait for a table. Earl's has also been on the Food Networks Diner and Dives. The last time I was there was in October and I went twice in one week. I went on a Monday to meet a friend and had some Chicken wings and then I went on the following Saturday and had the best ever coconut cream pie. I am not really a person who orders out pies, I am often disappointed because I know my mom and I often make pies taste better. I really need to try to duplicate this pie. I crust was just ok, but the cream and the topping was very good.

Pumpkin and Chicken Farm

The weekend before Halloween my friend and I go to the town of Concord to pick out pumpkins, buy maple syrup, chicken pot pies and wing dust. This is a great fall ride down the 219 looking at all the trees turning. We have been buying our pumpkins from Wendel's Chicken Farm for the last 6 years. I met the owner of the Farm when I served as a board member on the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County, Marty Wendel served in the board with me for three years and then he continued to serve as the board president for the next three years. Not only is Marty a good board member he runs a great chicken farm and pumpkin patch. On weekends during the summer and fall you can buy chicken dinner and eat them there or take they home. The dinners are very good. What my friend and I love are the chicken pot pies. They are frozen and cost $4.00 and they are the whole meal. Marty always tell me that its a complete meal with the pot pie and a salad, but let me tell you the pot pie is about all you can eat, sometimes I have to the left overs in the fridge for another day. Its a great bargain a full meal for $4.00 and they are made locally. Marty is working on getting the pot pies in the stores, he mention the Lexington Co-op as being one of the store that will carry them. As for the wing dust, I really have no idea what it is, I guess it is some seasoning but my friend always buys it when we are there... After we go to the farm we stop at Earl's - its part of the tradition... So guess what Earls is going to be the next post.