Sally Alexander

One of the things I love about our road trips is the unexpected discoveries that we happen upon. Our last big trip was our trip to the Dakotas. (We had optimistically tried to do a storm chase, but the weather gods were not kind to us – we got sun, sun and more sun.)

On our way back from the furthest point of our trip (Bismarck, ND) we ambled southwards simply to see what we could see. I am interested in small town/ mid western church architecture. I love the old churches that are built in out of the way places. We have come across some beauties. I will do a blog post on it once I’ve collected all my photo’s.

We had stopped in Mound City SD to see whether the church would be interesting. We found it and I took some photo’s and then we moved on. Mound City’s main street is no more than a block big. Predominantly advertized is "George’s Cheese Buttons."

Since we are more often than not lead by our stomaches we immediately stopped to investigate. We entered a tiny old restaurant and met with George himself. A couple were seated at the front. George’s establishment was decorated mid western country style: wooden floors, and old mismatched chairs. There was one booth on the far side of the room, but the floor sloped upward to get there. (This was not intentional but part of the character of the place.)

Our tummies convinced us that this was the place. We found a table and studied the menu.

Note the gorgeous western artwork on the far walls.

We ended up ordering a combo of Cheese Buttons and soup for $3.75 each.

The service was friendly and fast. And the Cheese buttons were divine.

They were like a fritter that had been flattened. Inside they were stuffed with cottage cheese, herbs, and onion. The batter had the consistancy of dumplings. 

If you are in the neighborhood I strongly recommend that you drop by.

Here is a link to a cheese button recipe. And if you want to find out more about the Famous George’s Cheese Buttons from Mound City SD check this out.