The Hot Dog Page

Eating Philadelphia

My home chomping ground

Eating the New England Coast

Eating The South

To Charleston SC For Oysters

Eating Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Some of the best eating in the world

Eating The West

Eating My Way To Texas

An early roadtrip - 2003

Petit St. Vincent Resort

A Break In Content

Memories Of Meals Gone By

Me (Holly)

Why Holly Eats - a short bio

Eating Jersey Dogs

Carolina Barbecue

Eating The Midwest

Hopscotching Europe

Prague, Budapest, Brussels, France, London

New York, New York

Wheeling and Elsewhere in WV

Eating State Fairs and Festivals

Memories of Eateries Gone By

Retired restaurants no longer open

Copyright 2000 - 2015 by Holly Moore - All rights reserved.
Pictures or text may not be used without prior permission. Site and page linkings from your site to HollyEats.Com are welcome and encouraged.

Site published July 5, 2000

See Holly eat a lobster roll. See Holly eat a cheesesteak. Live on tape on PBS. Check your local PBS station to learn when it's on next. ​Visit the Sandwiches That You Will Like Web Site. See the Lobster Roll and New Orleans Segments on YouTube.

"Holly Moore is a hungry Jack Kerouac"
... Andy Meehan, Minor Gourmandry

HollyEats.Com is for everyone who:

  • Prefers chowing down to dining.
  • Proudly wears a grease splattered shirt as the badge of honor it is.
  • Makes it a point to consume one's minimum daily requirement of nitrates.
  • Is at least a bit leery of sparkling clean restaurants, suspicious that their focus is on scouring, not cooking.
  • Is more impressed with a restaurant parking lot packed with pickup trucks and Chevy's than one boasting Jaguars and Cadillacs.
  • Passes by the familiar, bland comfort of the Red Lobsters, Olive Gardens and Golden Arches that have taken over suburbia, insisting on driving a few minutes or hours further - knowing that somewhere down the road is a barbecue pit, a truck stop, a diner, a drive-in, a greasy spoon that may become the highlight of the journey.

The Grease Stain Rating System

Anyone who has seen my shirt after I've ravaged a cheese steak hoagie understands the grease stain rating system.

Grease stains don't necessarily mean greasy food, though that certainly works in a place's favor. Rather, the greater the splatter fallout on my shirt, the more I relished my meal.

Restaurants are awarded 3 to 5 grease stains ranging from "great" to "outstanding." Those meriting a mere one or two grease stains will just have to fry harder to earn their place on HollyEats.

New Rule: Restaurants are welcome to boast about their HollyEats rating. But have the grits to include your Grease Stain count and not just quote "Outstanding."

Our Patron Saint - Calvin Trillin

If it wasn't for Calvin Trillin's American Fried which I read back in the late '60's, I'd still believe that the only great restaurants were those flaunting silver service, designer clad servers, and Escoffier inspired haute cuisine.

Author of the Tummy Trilogy
American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Helpings.

Copyright 2000 - 2015 by Holly Moore - All rights reserved.
Pictures or text may not be used without prior permission. Site and page linkings from your site to HollyEats.Com are welcome and encouraged.