Reviews written by The Travel Penguin
I visited this El Maguey location some years ago but I wasn't very impressed then. I thought that I'd give it a try again for a weekday dinner. The food was just OK. However, I didn't once see any smiles at all from the employees. Our waitress never came to check on us for drink...
Marquarts Landing is located on the Washington riverfront just across from the AmTrak Station. It is housed in an 1855 brick building which includes a bar with a separate restaurant area. In the bar are a variety of flatscreen TVs to view live sports. Outside there is a fenced-in patio area. After passing through...
Washington's AmTrak station is located on the riverfront. The station is small and shares a separate space in the same building with the Washington Visitors Center which happened to be closed when we visited the station early on a Saturday evening. There are only a few wood benches in the one-room station lobby and a...
We stopped in at this McDonald's in Warrenton at about 10:30 PM on a Saturday night. The facilities were clean and modern. I noted a sign indicating that their drive-through window was open 24 hours per day. The restaurant is easily accessible from I-70 and is located right on the west side of Highway 47 just north of the...
John G's Tap Room is a micro brewery that makes Augusta Brewery beers which you will also find at the Augusta Brewery in Augusta, Missouri. You can see the brew tanks nearby the bar area. But the facility is more upscale in appearance than most brew pubs and most of the main room is dedicated to dining. ...
HotShots Sports Bar & Grill is located just south of the intersection of I-70 and Church Street (Highway Z). It is a welcome addition to the area as it is probably the largest non-smoking bar in Wentzville. Smoking is only permitted outdoors on the patio of which more than half is covered. We found our...
Although I'm a lover of "classical" music (and a former music major), I hadn't been to Powell Hall for many decades. However, our children bought my wife tickets so we made a visit on a night where the symphony played a series of their encore numbers that they use throughout their travels. It was an enjoyable potpourri of works by...
There is a rather large rock parking lot here with a non-paved boat access point to the Mississippi River. There is a slough just upstream on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River that looks to be of interest to paddlers. From Google Maps, it appears to run a considerable distance upstream (possibly up to near the Sterling Island...
The best way that we found to access Sandy Island Conservation Area is right at the Winfield Dam. There is no longer a restroom facility here but one can still watch the barges pass through the dam. There appears to be rock road that runs North-South along the slough here. One can also paddle up the slough and leave one's...
First off, I had difficulty locating the access to Cuivre Island Conservation Area as Google Navigation tried to get me there via the town of Old Monroe along the Cuivre River. That route along the river ends at a gate on private property. The correct way is to use Dalbow Road which is south...
Over the years, I've passed by Shirley's Restaurant & Bar quite a few times. It is located on Missouri Highway 94 just a mile or two north of the I-370 bridge. We pass by Shirley's when going up to the Mississippi River here in St. Charles County. On the weekends, the parking lot can be crowded with a lot of...
The Tattooed Dog is an interesting addition to the Wentzville restaurant scene since it is a unique restaurant rather than just another chain venue. Located on Luetkenhaus Blvd. just north of Pete's Drive-in, The Tattooed Dog is well away from the chain restaurants on the Parkway. The menu at The Tattooed Dog is mostly geared...