SC - Re: OT - Nagging doubts re tomato soup

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Diana wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip & Susan Troy"
> .
> > I'm still tinkering with my recreation of a tomato soup I had in a
> > sleazy luncheonette/coffee shop in Binghamton, New York (home town of
> > Rod Serling), allegedly an English tomato soup with horseradish and
> > bacon. Will post if I ever get it right, but it kicked butt.
> >
> Erm...having been brought up not too far away from Binghamton (about 17
> miles south - just inside PA) I would be interested in the name of the
> 'sleazy luncheonette/coffee shop'.  Since I have eaten in most of them
> (especially after a 'busy' night) I might know of the one you speak.
> 
> Diana d'Avignon

I don't remember the name of the SL/CS, except that it was somewhere
between the courts/government office building area and the Greyhound bus
depot (I _think_ that was how I travelled on that occasion). I recall
the owner and chef being a very pleasant, clean-cut Harley-Davidson
enthusiast, and there was really nothing very sleazy about his
establishment at all. I think perhaps I may have reacted a bit badly to
seeing Binghamton, an obvious "city", with deserted streets during the
day. Presumably everybody was in some office or other nearby, but I
found it a little unnerving. I think you'll have to agree this is quite
different from New York City in most locations. I quite like the town,
though, overall, especially Sharkey's (which I might also be tempted to
describe as sleazy, with no disrespect intended), and the millionaire's
home converted into a museum.

I'll see if my brother responds positively to my description and query
about this tomato-soup Mecca... he lives in Conklin, in the former
summer "mansion" of the Johnson family, as in Johnson &.
  
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com