Jess' Lunch

Enroute to Florida we drove into Harrisonburg looking for the kind of lunch we eat in retirement. You know--salads and "healthy" food. One look at Jess' and we forgot that. When was the last time you sat at a formica counter and had a shake with five times more real ice cream than real whole milk, hamburgers from quality cuts and chili-dogs? And Angeliki, one of the owners, lit up the place with her radiant personality. Appleby's it's not and that's why Jess' is a must stop.

As a local, I wouldn't eat at Jess' downtown, it is...well...cockroach infested and has been for as far back as I can remember, some say it wouldn't be the same without them. Jess' 2 is a new building and as far as I can tell...much cleaner. It's located on Market Street. We eat there once or twice a month and we take all out of towners there, too. I guess it's pretty good because when the people we take come back to town they ask to go to Jess' again! Their chocolate milkshakes are about the best in town. My husband says the hot dogs are the best in the whole wide world! I say there definitely better than Nathan's at Coney Island!

They have the best hotdogs you can get anywhere around here....or anywhere I've ever been for that matter.