Yummy… Dinner at the Beef House!

I can not say too much about the Beef House restaurant in Covington, Indiana.  I love it.  Love, love, love it.

They say they are famous for their rolls.  Their rolls are pretty good.  But I’m a bigger fan of their beef.

  
I drive right past it every time I go back and forth to Lafayette.  Every time.  And I almost never stop. 

Frankly, when I’m running back and forth to Lafayette, I’m usually on a time crunch, late for some meeting or other.  So there’s no time to stop.  And I’m usually by myself, and that’s just no fun.

We had big big plans for a delicious celebration lunch at the Beef House after my successful PhD defense back on October 11th.  But, we had an uncontrollable change of plans, and we didn’t make lunch that day.  So sad.

But, lucky for me!  We headed back up to Lafayette on Saturday October 16 for the Purdue football game.  It was one of their rare wins of the season, so we had two reasons to celebrate!  We stopped at the Beef House on our way back from the football game.  (Truth be told, we left the game early to beat the rush.  Good move!) 

Hooray, Beef-labration! 

(That’s a celebration with beef.  Doesn’t get any better!)

Hubby and I both had the ribeye steak, with broccoli cheese soup, salad bar, and a choice of potato.  YUMMY! 

However.  Silly me.  I took a nap on the drive up early in the morning, so it was my turn to drive home after the Beef-labration.  Hubby slept through his meat coma, and I drove through Terre Haute.  I stopped for caffeine, believe you me!

Highly recommended – the Beef House restaurant in Covington, Indiana.  Nowhere near Covington?  It’s worth the drive!!

(Sorry to say I left the camera at home that day.  Don’t worry – next time there will be pictures!)

Lunch at The Farmer’s Daughter

This week is Going Local Week in Indiana.  In honor of that (and because we love this restaurant), John and I had lunch at The Farmer’s Daughter Bakery and Cafe today, my favorite restaurant in Princeton.


The owners, Sarah and John, are friends of ours.  (She’s a farmer’s daughter.)  They use as much local (and organic) food as possible.  They also grow quite a bit of the produce for their restaurant on their own farm.
I started lunch with some sliced peaches and golden delicious apples from Nesbitt’s Orchard in Vincennes.  (The best peaches I’ve had all season!)  The main attraction today was their specialty Creole meat loaf sandwich.


Oh, yum.  The pork, beef, and eggs they use in their meat loaf are all locally grown.  The meat is from Hasenour Farms in Huntingburg, IN.  The eggs are from Bob McDaniel (a local farmer in Gibson County).  All the veggies on (and in) the sandwich were from the owner’s farm, Homeward Bound Farms in Patoka, IN.

We finished with their classic crème brûlée…  So decadent…  They torch the top right at the table!






 Tell me you don’t want some right now…

And, in case you’re really curious about where your food comes from, they keep this map with the locations of their ingredients updated on a daily basis!  How neat is that?!


If you’re ever anywhere near southwest Indiana, be sure to stop by The Farmer’s Daughter for lunch!