I would cook off whole turkeys all the time in college and now we serve smoked turkey in our bolito misto

schaffer beer.

CHAMPAGNE AND PLENTY OF IT FOR THE GRADUATES!

Whatney's Red Barrel was my standby beer. I was a big fan of the Daily Grind coffee bar when it was still located across Third Street from the School of Music.

Bloomington, Indiana wasn't a farm-to-table haven then as it is becoming. My special treat was a burger at Hinkle's a 1920's dinosaur that was still open at Third and Jordan. They still used fresh ground beef and hand-formed patties to order. They method they used to cook them was like White Caste, but with fresh onions. When you opened the burger wrapper, it was a drippy, greasy mess. Yum! And they had a full line of old-style shakes. I tended to go with the pineapple.

Mother Bear's Pizza was my standby. They also had a wicked stromboli.