>
> Roanoke, where people don't know how to dress for dinner --
> there is a pleasant restaurant where i would frequently take my
> visitors -- the Brugh tavern which is an inn in a historical park that
> they built here. It is pretty and near the Mill mountain. It is
> restored and is about 200 years old. You don't have to get dressed
> up. I mean, as I said it is roanoke and this is a park. They have a
> nice menu, nice wines, nice everything, but if you put on a cotton sun
> dress, you would fit in cos no one dresses here.
>
> You could even get away with jeans cos no one gives a crap about how
> you dress around here.
>
> you could get away with sneaks, sandals or boots cos you will be in the
> Explore park which is one of those historic parks where they do
> recreations. It is not like Colonial Williamsburg because it is not a
> city it is a farm with a lot of acreage.
>
> It is both a pretty and historic location. well worth going to.
>
> i looked it up to see if i could find a picture of it. looks as if it
> was recently sold. where the food used to be just a little haute and
> the wine list quite nice, now it has been southified. this may mean
> they have removed the good seafood they used to have.
>
>
http://www.brtraditions.com/press_releases/pr_june7_brugh.htm
>
> it cracks me up that this is on rutrough road. it always reminds me of
> what the cartoon character scooby doo says -- rutro for oh oh, whenever
> he is in trouble.
>
>
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=scooby+doo&btnG=Search
>
> here's a link to explore park
>
>
http://www.explorepark.org
>
> and a link to some photos. it's no palace
>
>
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=explore+park+roanoke&btnG=S...
>
> not jewels but as intriguing
>
