The Corning Glass Museum

On my most recent content safari we visited New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.  That’s why you’ve seen blogs for Niagara Falls and Steamtown National Historic Site.  We had a Chevy Blazer in fire engine red, and it was comfortable and fuel efficient.

We rolled into Corning, New York, a company town if ever there was one.  Corning’s population is a scant 10,696 people, and many of them work for the Corning company.  The roads in upstate, rural New York were beautiful, and we were there while the leaves were changing color.  Our destination was the Corning Museum of Glass.  Corning is home to the Corning corporation.  I knew it would have photo ops, especially after our visit to the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit in Seattle a couple of years ago.  Take a look:

I wanted Italian food for dinner that evening and in a quick online search we found what promised to be a good spot.  When we arrived the Italian place was closed.  So we went with a less high-tech, old-fashioned approach for selecting where to eat.  We walked around downtown Corning and looked for a place that was crowded.

Mooney’s answered the mail.  It’s a bar that also serves food.  The menu mentioned a Reuben (I love Reuben sandwiches), but the waiter explained that their Reuben was different.  Mooney’s specialty is macaroni and cheese, and they had a Reuben-based mac and cheese dish.  He suggested the appetizer portion, and that worked.

My dinner was huge, and even with help from my wife and sister, we only could take in about half of it.  It was a high end, gourmet mac and cheese (who knew such a thing even existed?) with bits of pastrami mixed in and toasted rye cubes on top.  Wow, it was delicious!

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