ROMEOS

Don't give up--keep riding lonesome or with s/o. September is not too far away and would be a great time for you adventurous romeos to try some new restaurants, get the info (if they are ok) and send it to me for future attendance. Most of you have registered for the website and could post your own ...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but one or more of our romeos has tested positive for covid. We should resume in September

9am (or earlier)..They should have room for us, and I will let them know
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We beat the heat (almost) for 12 of us. A few photos of the Printing Press and an earlier Sunday ride to check out the"Ozark Coffee" place on 14 that was supposed to be a full restaurant--and may be a full menu place later in the year:

Always fun if you like old bikes.
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Just a few of our favorite places are on a rotation until the weather cools down (for lunch runs). All the pastries are made in house and I did call them.
8am on Thursday
https://www.restaurantji.com/ar/calico- ... ess-cafe-/
Click on the upside down photo to correct it (my bad)

Nice pleasant cool ride (early). The franchise is for sale if anyone is interested. Oix

Best scenic view restaurant and a nice ride there on 14/268. 8am on Tuesday before the campers get there and I did let them know.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/buffalo-point- ... ellville-2

Surprised that Guff'y's didn't blow away last night--but nothing was damaged and the food and service was great as usual. Sunday I took a loop to check on some restaurants off of 14. The one (Spring House) that never opened is now a coffee house only open on Fri & Sat and I may check it out to s...

It is. Thanks Gary. They changed the name but not the sign. Only restaurant in Bakersfield

I think May was the last time we met there. Always great service, good food with reasonable prices. 8am.
https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/bakersf ... ime-cafe-/

Seems like more ROMEOS every time--18 this meet ! A special view from the sky thanks to Fred and his drone along with a few stills I took. Here is the You-Tube link for the drone video--Thanks Fred
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuJ-XN_40Mo

For the "early birds"---they open at 8, so I set our time for 8:30. The link below is the one "about" Cookies origin and is very interesting on how they got started and weathered all the storms of opening a restaurant.
https://tmrbullshoals.net/about-us

We knew they were going to be busy (and the place was packed). Just two waitresses handled 16+ ROMEOS and all the rest of the regular patrons. Probably should set our time a little earlier next meet. A few photos:

Sporadic rain showers predicted, but we can just ride between the drops--probably won't happen anyway. White Sands, 8:30 and I did call them
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Okay,I'm back from KC--not in time to post a ride this week but I would like to share some photos I took at "Blip Coffee", a m/c hangout in the KCMO West bottoms. https://www.bliproasters.com/sunday-meet-up-and-bike-nights All kinds of bikes and people flock there every Sunday. I don't kno...

I am unable to post a ride this week because I am out of town. If someone else has an idea just go ahead and post it

Nice group today with 3 new romeos (hope they keep coming). Ozark Cafe is used to serving groups of all sizes and we had 14. Pix:

Sure Jeff--looking forward to meeting you. Leo

Looks like January was the last time we went there. Ozark is one of the few that opens early every day, so 9a should work.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/ozark-cafe-jasper