Meg's 4 Seasons Diner

We were on our way to Hartwick Pines for a morning visit. <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHartwick_Pines_State_Park&s=b6bc03ce16d2f4157a6796829298958a5441a1323b7a1f378e0260d42dc2406c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/…</a>
Due to the lack of AT&T coverage in the area, we were not able to do any research on dining options.

We plugged in "restaurants" into the GPS and it started us off on an odd ball route through the woods.
I got a little nervous and we started looking for signs.

My wife saw a sign for Meg's and we pulled in having no idea what to expect.

The building is clearly very very old. There are posts holding up the ceiling that have seen some action.
Not being from Frederic, I have no idea what the history of the property is... but it's been around the block.

Seeing as we were in an area that was once a lumberjack hotbed, it came as no surprise that our breakfasts were served in EPIC portions.

My wife often has much bigger eyes than her stomach and at breakfast, when given lots of choices... she makes lots of choices. Let's just say her modestly priced half stack of pancakes was bigger than a full stack in any non lumberjack part of the world. And her half order of biscuits and gravy was at least as big as any other restaurant's full portion.

I ordered the 4 seasons omelet. In my mind, if a restaurant has ONE dish as it's namesake, it's the proper thing to try on your first visit. American breakfast food can be done in so many different ways, but there are certain prep methods that are universally accepted. 4 seasons makes their omelet with a very very very thin layer of egg that is almost flipped into a burrito. It's familiar and perfectly cooked. The 4 seasons omelet comes with onion and sausage with a sausage gravy on top. Personally it was a bit wet for me, and I would have preferred a bit of cheese but it tasted great. The hashbrowns were exactly as you'd want them... crispy and greasy. The toast was nice but I would have liked a bit more butter.

For me what really capped the experience off, and made this random breakfast experience a 5 star performance was the atmosphere. We've only visited the once, so we have no idea what this place is like on a day to day basis. But getting the opportunity to listening to some serious old timers talk about living in the woods was classic. From talk of stinging bees, to wolf sightings... we felt so lucky to listen in. The photos on the walls of hunting dogs, and hunting scenes sealed the deal.

I wish this place many years of success and hope we can visit again.