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When we’re in the Jefferson New Hampshire area we always make a point of stopping at an excellent little family run restaurant called the Waterwheel.
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There’s an actual wheel that was turned by water back in the day and every meal we’ve ever had there was delicious.
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It’s a down home country place only open for breakfast and lunch, but since Covid they’ve had reduced hours and are closed a few days a week. Naturally every time we’ve stopped in the last two years they were shut up tight.
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So we were thrilled to find them open on our trip home and stopped for lunch. Though there were a lot of empty tables, they were short handed for staff and we had time to browse the gift shop before we were seated.
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I really should have bought some of these for gifts.
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Or at least a few of those. But our name was called and we quickly sat down to order, mouth watering at the memory of homemade chicken pot pies, fresh roasted hot turkey sandwiches and creamy chowders. And then I opened the menu.
Gone were all the previously delicious selections… and what was left wasn’t even worth considering . Hot dog, hamburger, grilled cheese. I was beyond disappointed and though we weren’t really in the mood, we ordered breakfast instead.
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Ugh. Biscuits and gravy that looked (and tasted) like Alpo with home fries that looked and tasted like cubed frozen french fries. Husband ordered poached eggs with Hollandaise and didn’t fare much better. Tiny eggs, tiny portion of Hollandaise.
They say you can’t go home again, and it’s a shame but I doubt we’ll going back here either.
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River's world..... 
The number of things COVID has ruined is incalculable. What a bummer.
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It’s crazy.
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Aw Shit
Those Dip Shits took the Good Shit off the menu
That’s Bull Shit!
No Shit!
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I can’t argue with that!
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Poached eggs with Hollandaise sauce is called Eggs Benedict. What he got was egg-in-hole. No doubt was charged Eggs Benedict Price. What you got was yesterdays leftover hamburgers, crumbled with grave thrown in. All that fancy cuisine aside, I would not have left without that Franklin Stove as compensation for that Waffle House Breakfast.
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The husband doesn’t like Canadian bacon and he doesn’t want it served on an English muffin… so it’s a Benedictless Benedict. Waitresses always look at him like he’s nuts. The stove? Heck, it probably tasted better than the food.
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So many things have been hit so hard…..here apparently quality was the victim….
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Short staffing will shrink a menu, but yes…quality went downhill as well.
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Well that sucks, memories of such places are held high in the heart I believe. But wow, what a disappointment as I’m sure you wanted to have a great meal after them being closed for COVID. That’s happened a lot here too with mom and pop restaurants. Where they were once great places are now either completely changed or gone altogether.
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Staffing is the major issue up here. lack of employees is wreaking havoc with small businesses….
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Yep same here, especially since COVID hit it’s just gotten so much worse.
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It is always sad when a great place falls into decline like this one has. We’ve seen that around here as well. Very challenging times for all businesses.
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Small businesses are really struggling to find workers here.
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Our favourite restaurant in Edmonton closed down completely. The building is being turned into a dentist’s office, of all things. But at least we have the memories. If the quality went down before they closed, we don’t know it.
My regards for your loss. Life is barely worth living anymore.
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It’s not as bad as all that, but Covid sure did change things.
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Mostly for the worse, so far, unfortunately.
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Those are pretty sorry-looking dishes. I hate it when formerly beloved places lose their mojo.
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Very sad. The meals and the decline…
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I’ve seen those ‘shit’ seasonings before; very clever marketing.
What a sad situation for your lunch visit. I have a feeling they won’t be open much longer…I mean, how can they be? So disappointing.
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It’s a shame. These little family run home cooking places are harder and harder to find.
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