The First Post

What qualifications do I have to write a blog about the local eateries in NEPA (Northeastern Pennsylvania) you ask?

Here's the qualifications I certainly don't have. I have never been to culinary school.  I am not a great chef.  I only took one writing class in college (and got duped into the class because it was called Literature and Film, turns out it was 95% literature and 5% film but that's a story for another day). To be honest, I really only have one legitimate answer, I love to eat. "Finish your plate before you go play" was never a phrase my mother had to tell me.  I simply love to eat and I really enjoy most meals.  A few of my favorites are my mother's lasagna and desserts, my dad's chinese cookin, outdoor bbqs, Dim Sum restaurants, sushi, Thai, authentic Mexican, bar food, cheese steaks (I'm a philly kid) etc...

Anyway, I moved to Scranton, PA in August of 2009 and in my time have tried a fair amount of the local restaurants, pubs, corner shops and cafeterias.  Even though Scranton is a relativity small town there are lots of places to eat and I try to eat at lots of different places.  Hopefully, this blog will help me to explore even more places and to stop going to the same places over and over again. I'll try and update a few times a week.  Please leave comments if you disagree with anything I said or would like to suggest a new place to try.  I'll be moving to Wilkes-Barre in June, thus, the NEPA title of this blog. If I keep up with the blog, most of the restaurants I review will likely move along with me.