Hi,
I thought it was about time to try the homemade pies available on Fridays at Andy's Diner in Kenosha. While I cannot usually make it on a Friday, I estimated there had to be some pie left on Saturday. Not quite sure where Andy's Diner was located, I stopped by Andy's Drive In for instructions. Less than 10 minutes later, I walked into Andy's Diner inquiring if they had any pie left. They advised they still had banana cream, coconut cream, cherry and one piece of apple caramel walnut pie.
I had their last piece of their apple caramel walnut pie:
This piece was slightly smaller than my Mom's cherry pie, though it was full flavored and the nuts still had some crunch left to them. The crust was obviously flakey, though rolled out a little thicker than I prefer. My gave my Mom a sample, she was very disappointed there was no pie left after her taste because she wanted more.
Mom had the cherry pie, which was pretty heavy with fruit. The density of fruit to filler seemed to indicate this was not canned cherry filling. I estimate they prepared the filling with frozen sour cherries.
As I am walking out, I am reading the menu supplement tacked on the wall. I was surprised this diner offered a Cuban sandwich. I learned it has been on their menu for two months initially as a regular Thursday special. They received such a positive response, it is now available daily. While I was interested to try it out, I had to postpone this to a future visit. Still I was quite impressed by the menu's description as it seemed to parallel other Cuban sandwiches:
Today I wasn't quite in the mood for working outside in muggy weather. Having no other plans, I decided to head up to Kenosha to try Andy's Cuban sandwich:
I did double check the ingredients to make sure I had both the roasted pork and the ham. Under the meat slices was mustard and a series of pickle slices arranges to assure you have one with every bite.
This sandwich was pressed to meld the ingredients, melt the cheese and toast the bread. Unlike my experience at Miramar in Highwood last year, where the Cuban Sandwich was really a glorified ham and cheese sandwich. I think I finally enountered a genuine Cuban Sandwich just over the Wisconsin border.
Andy's Restaurant
2301 63rd Street
Kenosha, WI 53143
http://www.andysrestaurant.com
262-654-7770
Sunday: 6 AM - 2 PM
Monday-Saturday: 6 AM - 8 PM
One day they close at 7 PM, I think on Wednesday
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Andy's Drive In update: Classic Car night every Wednesday from 5:30 PM - 9 PM May-October.
Regards,