?> {"id":5876,"date":"2013-04-23T22:27:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T02:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2013-06-20T11:11:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T15:11:41","slug":"clare-and-carls-plattsburgh-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2013\/04\/clare-and-carls-plattsburgh-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare and Carl’s – Plattsburgh, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our drive to Canada wouldn’t have been an official road trip without first consulting one of my favorite resources, roadfood.com. There weren’t too many options on I-87 before we crossed the border so I ended up researching a few places in Plattsburgh, the last “big” city we would pass through in NY. The regional food of choice there is the Michigan, a hot dog covered in chili.<\/p>\n
We planned to leave our house early enough to get to Plattsburgh for a late lunch. An unexpected detour through Schenectady slowed us down a bit (we missed a turn somewhere in Albany and ended up getting on I-90 by accident) so we were hoping to make a quick pit stop at Clare and Carl’s roadside stand for some hot dogs before continuing on our way.<\/p>\n
As we entered Plattsburgh, I did a quick search on Josh’s iphone for the address and came up with 2 Dock Street. The GPS directed us to a spot right on the shores of Lake Champlain. However, we didn’t see any hot dog stands nearby. Baby J was starting to fuss so I fed her while Josh got out of the car to investigate. He found an old abandoned and condemned building that had Clare and Carl’s signage nearby in the parking lot, but we were clearly at the wrong place. I re-googled the correct address, and fortunately, we weren’t so far out of the way.<\/p>\n
It was gorgeous outside, sunny and warm, so we took a few photos by the lake before heading off. We finally found the right spot, and it was exactly what I was expecting – a nondescript building full of character on the inside.<\/p>\n