New NTN Site on the Lincoln Highway in Dekalb, Illinois

It was a rainy and chilly day yesterday here in northern Illinois, but we hit the road anyway. We met officials at Altgeld Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois and formally set up our scholarship in the College of Education.

Afterwards, we met friend Gayle who has just graduated from NIU with her master's degree and treated her to a really great meal at a new bar and grill downtown called the Upper Deck. We went there first back in February, on our way back from seeing the eagles along the Mississippi and liked it then, but really liked it now as they have gotten NTN Buzztime.

Eating, drinking and playing NTN, a mighty fine way to spend an afternoon.

They even had NTN bingo, which some of the regulars were playing and plan poker tournaments. The trivia hasn't caught on yet, however.

We split an order of onion loaf and I had the half-pounder Alumni cheeseburger with tater tots. Tuesdays, its buy one sandwich, get one free for up to $6 and $6 pitchers of domestic beer.

They always have cans from what they call the Bleacher Beer section for $1.50. These are the beers your dad used to drink like Blatz, Schlitz, Hamm's, Genesee, PBR, Old Milwaukee, Old Style and Lacrosse. That took us back since we were "forced" to drink Old Milwaukee at Northern. A six pack was always 99 cents while a six pack of Coke was $1.49. You had to save up your money so you could go out and do the Lincoln Crawl to the many bars located along Illinois Highway 38, otherwise known as the Lincoln Highway.

There are now two NTN sites on the Lincoln Highway in Dekalb, Upper Deck downtown and father west, Fatty's, Home of NIU Huskie Sports and that famous deep-fried Cajun potato salad.

As Arnold Would Say, We'll Be Back. --RoadDog