allegheny river wilderness islands

[RLeeP]

Too bad about City Pizza.. I don't think I ever had their regular pizza, but they had really good calzones or strombolis or whatever they called their version of the folded over pizza.

I also know a number of people who have eaten at the Chinese place in Tionesta and lived. I never tried it while I was living there though and have no idea if it is still open for business.

My favorite was always the chili at the Knotty Pine, which I understand burned to the ground a while back (as in years ago..).
Very versatile stuff. You could eat it, course. But it also worked as a substitute for Bondo for minor auto body work and if you poured it in a tin can and lit it, you could heat water for coffee over it. Almost as good as Sterno..

 

[pcray1231]

haha, yeah, the Knotty Pine burnt down some time ago. I remember it. Always liked that they opened at like 3 a.m. so you could get breakfast before going hunting, have a long drive and a long walk to your stand, and still be in on stand at daybreak.

There are 2 diners in town. I've been to both, but only for breakfast, so that's not much to go on. Both were decent but unremarkable. One's near the hardware store. The other shares a parking lot with the grocery store.

Haller's has a Subway inside. But City Pizza was the only good place to eat right in Tionesta. And it was good. I hope they re-open. The sign said "temporarily" closed or something of that nature. But between August and early December, at least, it did not open.

North of Tionesta the Tippy Canoe was always good in Tidioute. Just a nice, reasonably upscale (for the area) bar/restaurant with good food. The Hickory Nut in East Hickory is a dive bar, but I like dive bars. The Flying W Ranch has a very nice, more upscale bar/restaurant with decent food, but personally I was always more impressed with the Tippy Canoe despite the Flying W's better reputation.

There used to be a good, more family type (non bar) restaurant between Tionesta and Hunter's Station. Five Forks? It had a great view, perched on a ridge overlooking the river. I believe it has closed.

In Leeper, Vince's Tavern was always pretty good, but that's a hike from our camp. Just happened to be on our way. In that kind of distance you could be in Titusville or Oil City, which both are larger towns with plenty of options.

Cougar Bob's Kelletville Tavern is just an epic experience. The food is either really good, or really bad, depending on the day. But the atmosphere of the place just can't be beat.

 

[DaveS]

I hit the "Landmark" Hotel/ Restuarant in Tidioute on wing nite once and was deeply impressed. Also a good breakfast place, but I haven't been there in years.

 

[Sylvaneous]

Aw...Bummer! the last good thing in Tionesta (almost) gone!
They made their own bread. It was awesome!

 

[Sylvaneous]

FarmerDave wrote:
I can't believe you guys are spot burning the Allegheny like that!

I'm joking off course. Great info. And Sylvanious, you had me going for a second with the Pastrami until I noticed you said "used to." But is the place still there? Sounds like my kind of place.

I'm not going to be floating the river, but may be spending a weekend near there this summer and it is a nice day trip as well.

Last year, when I was still living up there, they didn't have it in. They made pastrami and Rubens with it. I actually was there one time when the guy was eating there, and yes, he had to pay to eat his onw pastrami. I've never had 'home-made' pastrami. Those 'meat arts' I'll call them are being lost. Oil City has, or HAD, (it HAD a lot of things!) a strong Polish community. My uncle gets real, genuine, home-made keilbasa from a guy who makes 2 batches a year. I don't even know where else you could find it. He makes 40 lbs for Christmas and at Easter. When it's gone, its gone. He only charges like $4-5/lb. Wegmans or Whole Foods would sell it as an authentic, artisanal sausage for $12-15 lb.

Got off topic there, but its worth discussing. I have enough land that I've thought of getting goats, growing my beard and making cheese. So this kind of stuff is on my mind.

 

[Sylvaneous]

pcray1231 wrote:


There used to be a good, more family type (non bar) restaurant between Tionesta and Hunter's Station. Five Forks? It had a great view, perched on a ridge overlooking the river. I believe it has closed.

Yes, the 5-forks closed a few years ago. It limped-along for a while, but the food wasn't good. Now, it looks like someone renovated it into a house and is living there. Looks like that to me.
Great view, though. My sister wanted to go there when she came home just for the view.

 

[Mike_Emanuele]

I was devastated when City Pizza closed. Subway never hits the spot like Mama's pizza did

 

[delta_dog]

Joined: 2012/3/14 6:23 From Lancaster Posts: 821 A weekend WWI outing to that area sounds enticing. Posted on: 1/18 22:19

I would also love to do this. I've been wanting to do a weekend float trip down the Juniata. The Allegheny would be a sweet float too!