I've driven by a number of Cattlemen's and always thought I should stop.

I love eating at Cattlemen's. And there's one west of Sacramento, in the neighborhood of Vacaville/Davis somewhere (I think it's in Dixon?). I haven't eaten at that one, but I eat at the Roseville one regularly and it's great. Perhaps if we wanted to do a combination Sacramento/Bay-Area meet, that'd be a good midpoint.

Catllemen's is great, but it's not for vegetarians. Of course, with a name like that, you'd tend to expect that, wouldn't you? It's also not for the casual quick meal, either. Basically, they have very large portions of meat and potatoes in a carefully commercialized cowboy atmosphere. And with the amount of salad and bread you get before the meal, you basically have to show up in the mood to eat a horse. It ends up being about $30.00 per plate when you figure in drinks, appetizer, and tips, but it's well worth it in my opinion.

Once upon a time, one of the Cambridge guys asked me where they might go to sample truly "American" food, and I couldn't think of anything at the time. Now that I think about it, this is probably the closest one could get to that goal...

I once googled for the name "Cattlemen's", and discovered that there are several different independent chains of restaurants all over the country which all have the same or similar name. The one I'm talking about is this one.