Student Prince Cafe & Fort Dining Room

Well, they're still there, still doing Game Fest all February. We'll go again if schedules work, but I wanted to make sure I got there right at the beginning because they run out of menu items towards the end of the month.

We just drove home. I have at least two meals of food leftover from my Hunter's Platter. Good, heavy, German food, if you haven't been there already. If you're not a carnivore, don't bother, but if you are, well, this is your chance to eat all kinds of meat you usually have to go to Savenor's to order. (I'm looking at you, trowa_barton.)

The Student Prince Cafe & The Fort Dining Room
8 Fort Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Amtrak: Springfield, MA
(Peter Pan Bus Terminal also within walking distance.)
Phone 413-788-6628
fax 413-739-7303
RudiRuppert@aol.com
http://www.studentprince.com/

Oh, and the beer's German, and good, too.

(Thanks to infinitehotel for the original pointer, so many years ago I can't actually remember.)

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From http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article5644854.ece:
"In all the agonising over why we can’t cope with a few inches of snow, a couple of serious offenders should not be missed. First, South West Trains, whose website crashed. There’s no point in telling people to check trains online if you can’t cope with the traffic. And the Waterloo & City line, the Drain serving the City, surely the most central and the least affected by snow, which did not open yesterday morning."

For hotpoint.

From http://londonist.com/2009/02/snow_bonkersness.php:

When the first giddy rush of all that snow had subsided, and we were back inside warming our toes after all the frolicking, we sat down to play the game of London Snow Madness.

You know the one: spotting examples of over-reaction, over-cautiousness and general official madness that always accompanies a snow fall (or flurry, on some occasions).

Our contenders are:



This here destination board at Sydenham Hill station, which apparently can't display any information. Apart from the information that it can't display information.

All London buses being cancelled. Eh? All of them? Every single one? Not even anything on central, gritted roads, until mid-morning? Fffft. When I were a lass in t'North, this'd never a' 'appened. Bus companies claim the roads are unsafe - maybe they ought to do some winter weather training...

Train company websites, which are either down, pointing to National Rail Enquiries (who are somehow still running normally), or displaying a bizarre default page (“The following services are running normally: x to x via x”; thank you Southeastern, most informative).

But our winner is TfL's explanation for why the Waterloo & City line was suspended this morning. Adverse weather conditions? Staff shortage we could believe, but was it snowing in the tunnels?!

Spotted any others as you're huddling over a steaming cuppa? Let us know.

Two photos of commuters, from the Evening Standard story: