Mushroom Addition No More???

[ST1300Rider]

I just heard a nasty rumor that the Mushroom Addition Cafe in Fauquier closed last week. Anybody know more?

[alphabet man]

I just heard a nasty rumor that the Mushroom Addition Cafe in Fauquier closed last week. Anybody know more?

Not surprised, last year he wasn't open until well after the long weekend in May, when we talked to him he was making noises of shutting down, business was slow. To bad I liked the food and it was convenient place to stop

[bubba zanetti]

Guess I better phone and see ...

Gave a call and got no answer. Not a good sign on a Saturday afternoon.

Their website ...

http://www.mushroomaddition.com/

[ST1300Rider]

Yeah, the website was the first thing I checked. I really enjoyed that place and it was the perfect stopping point after a run down 6. I'll be by that way next month regardless, but a burger and a slice of rhubarb pie ala mode...... sigh.

[notarian]

Yeah, the website was the first thing I checked. I really enjoyed that place and it was the perfect stopping point after a run down 6. ....a slice of rhubarb pie ala mode...... sigh.

Certainly not an expert on Canada but sure agree with the above and enjoyed talking with the owner. Very friendly.

Nothing on their website to suggest they have closed. Diner was full of patrons when I was there in Sept = business that day was pretty good. Too right about the pie!

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Guess I better phone and see ...

Oh get off your butt and ride there - it's not like it's far!!!  

[Sputnik]

Bummer!  Doesn't that also result in no gas stations between Lumby and Nakusp?

[alphabet man]

Oh get off your butt and ride there - it's not like it's far!!!  

 Happening Saturday  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

 Happening Saturday  

You might as well keep on riding and see if the Spruce Grove cinnamon rolls are still closed too  

[bubba zanetti]

Oh get off your butt and ride there - it's not like it's far!!!  

Went the opposite direction today and did some zigging and zagging in America.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Went the opposite direction today and did some zigging and zagging in America.

Didja see this sign?  

[alphabet man]

You might as well keep on riding and see if the Spruce Grove cinnamon rolls are still closed too  

 Sadly marital problems put an end  to the cinnamon buns  

But don't despair, "Mothers Restaurant"  at Cherryville is as good or better than all the others and yes they have home made pie and cinnamon buns

[Kootenanny]

Well, I've ridden past the MA many times, but never stopped to eat there...guess I was part of the problem (had the place been a bit more appealing to me, that woulda helped...).

I did talk to the owner last year, though, and he laid out some of his issues for us.  What's been happening in that area, as in much of BC, is that larger companies are taking over much of the log hauling business and shutting out most of the small operators.  And the larger hauling companies will negotiate with various fuel suppliers for corporate rates...the largest local hauler in the Nakusp/Fauquier area had done this with a major fuel company with an outlet in Nakusp, and so very few of the haul trucks were buying fuel in Fauquier any more.

Couple this with the cold spring we had last year (I was talking to this guy in June, as I recall--just before hitting heavy rain on #6 heading to Vernon), which cut his motorcycle business waaaay down...and then again this year, even colder...and it's not surprising that the MA couldn't make a go of it (I dunno what the weather means for the mushroom business in that area, you'd think wet might be good, but there's still a lot of snow in the hills, which probably ain't so good...).

[ajf]

I've had lunch there at least a dozen times.  Motorcyclists appeared to be about a third of their business.

I wonder whether the new law on 40+ speeding is cutting into motorcycle (and sportscar) traffic.

For 10 years I've made the Kootenays a destination for 3 - 4 days twice a year, but I won't be doing more than just passing through, once, maybe, this year.  That law is the main reason.

[Huron52]

I wonder whether the new law on 40+ speeding is cutting into motorcycle (and sportscar) traffic.

For 10 years I've made the Kootenays a destination for 3 - 4 days twice a year, but I won't be doing more than just passing through, once, maybe, this year.  That law is the main reason.

It is the way the governments are going... Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia all have the same sort of law. It has no where else to go, but to get worse.  

[bubba zanetti]

I've had lunch there at least a dozen times.  Motorcyclists appeared to be about a third of their business.

I wonder whether the new law on 40+ speeding is cutting into motorcycle (and sportscar) traffic.

For 10 years I've made the Kootenays a destination for 3 - 4 days twice a year, but I won't be doing more than just passing through, once, maybe, this year.  That law is the main reason.

Sure. Roar around for years, scaring the locals and then once they call your number ... you are outa here.  Would you mind telling the local RCMP that  ??
 

[Mrs. DantesDame]

I wonder whether the new law on 40+ speeding is cutting into motorcycle (and sportscar) traffic.

For 10 years I've made the Kootenays a destination for 3 - 4 days twice a year, but I won't be doing more than just passing through, once, maybe, this year.  That law is the main reason.

Seriously???     It sounds like you have a serious public-road-speed problem if 40+ is your last straw (and yes, I know that's kph   )

[blkhrt81]

Seriously???     It sounds like you have a serious public-road-speed problem if 40+ is your last straw (and yes, I know that's kph   )

The trouble isn't so much the 40 over, as the speed limits are so low to begin with. A lot of BC now is 90 kmh max where it used to be 100. These are roads that in Europe, would be 110 at least.

[Kootenanny]

blkhrt is right--the local limits are so low on some local roads,  it's VERY easy to find yourself doing 40 over, or more.  31A, for example, has an 80k speed limit...and few motorcyclists are riding that road below 120k.

In many places, passing lanes are short, so it behooves one to get past slow traffic quickly--and again, it's easy to wick up over 130k when passing (most of the local roads are 90k), and almost mandatory to do so to pass motorhomes or chip trucks in the allotted space.

Of course, this likely won't affect drivers in the lower mainland, where freeway trraffic is either well above the  posted limit (and the worse the weather, the faster) or barely crawling due to congestion.  I can exceed the limit more on the busy #1 between Chilliwack and Surrey with far less concern of being ticketed than on a lonely stretch of Hwy 3 out near Greenwood...

[Canuck]

I love that little cafe. Great diner food and friendly service. I always stopped there for gas and lunch. Has anyone actually confirmed if it's closed or not?

As for the 40+ speed limit laws, I am now the proud owner for the past two weeks of an Adaptiv TPX radar detector. I know, I know. It's no guarantee, especially against laser guns, but they are extremely rare on twisty roads and it should be fairly effective against K-band guns as long as the road isn't too deserted of all traffic.