We drove to Kitchener to visit friends and go to a Rib Fest. Due to heat, construction, not liking crowds, etc. we opted to pass on the Rib Fest but we did visit our friends Jack and Lori. Instead of ribs we had a pizza. In 1970 a restaurant called Mother's Pizza opened in Hamilton Ontario. Within a few years the chain had opened locations in many other Ontario cities. I remember sharing a "Grandmother's Pizza" with a girlfriend when I was in high school, Lori worked at a Mother's Pizza restaurant all through university, Ed and I shared a love of the "Grandmother's Pizza" when we started dating. Jack didn't share any stories but he must have eaten at Mother's Pizza because he started dating Lori when she worked there. The chain of restaurants was bought by another pizza chain and closed about 20 years ago. Within the last year or so, Mother's Pizza was purchased and is slowly being resurrected. One of the restaurants is in Kitchener, so for old time sakes we went there for lunch.

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The restaurant seems popular with the older crowd on a Saturday.

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We enjoyed our lunch and our reminiscing but I think this is one of those been there, eaten there, check off the list things.

We had a great visit --- Lori and I played board games and Jack and Ed worked on a computer problem Jack was having --- everyone was happy.