~Smashed Mashed Potatoes, Meatloaf and Green Beans~
Life is full of surprises...this particular meatloaf wasn't one of them. I had this delicious meatloaf before at the Kansas City Union Station at their fabulous restaurant, HARVEY'S associated with the HISTORICAL Railroad Restaurants of Fred Harvey.
~CUPID OF THE RAILS~
Fred Harvey's biggest challenge was not delivering fresh food to his far-flung outposts but finding reliable help. So he placed advertisements in the East and the Midwest for single "young women, 18 to 30 years of age, of good character, attractive and intelligent."
These women became the famed Harvey Girl waitresses, trained in rules of etiquette and given black-and-white uniforms befitting a nun. Humorist Will Rogers once said Harvey and his young servers "kept the West in food and wives." Indeed, one estimate put the number of Harvey Girls who wound up as brides of western cowboys and railroadmen at 20,000.
Mrs. Harvey met each girl as she was hired. Paid $17.50 a month, this was a dream job for many who were unable to cope with the burgeoning populations of big cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia. So many Harvey Girls, always respectable, became the wife to a customer. One railroad baron said "The Harvey House was not only a good place to eat; it was the Cupid of the Rails". It is estimated that more than 100,000 girls worked for Harvey House restaurants and hotels and of those, 20,000 married their regular customers.
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Back at Harvey's...I wanted the meatloaf when we returned for a visit, I knew it was good and wasn't disappointed this time either. We sat on the upper level as the sunlight streamed into the station. Almost uncomfortable.
My Husband is a really nice guy especially after he has ate.
He got nicer by the minute.
HARRY'S had a beautiful Sunday Buffet,
but we went there for the MEATLOAF.
Lil Miss had a HAMBURGER with FRIES.
TYPICAL AMERICAN FOOD.
WORTH THE WAIT
Later we'd have COFFEE and tour the Station.
I had my first pink Macaroon cookie. Ate it so fast...no time for a sticky picture.
More to follow,
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