My Favorite Restaurants

in College Station

• Freeb!rds: an Aggie Tradition you're going to love!
• Fish Daddy's: very tasty food at great prices
• Chili's: super atmosphere and great food
• On The Border: super atmosphere and great food

My favorite story about each place:

• Freeb!rds: We were up in Arlington closing Jen's apartment after that fateful call that our daughter had died in her sleep. Ricca Chemical, where Jen worked, sent out boxes, tape, and coworkers to help. After working all morning, Jen's identical twin sister Tracy, and Jen's coworker from Ricca stopped for a lunch break and went to Freeb!rds in Arlington, a favorite of Jennifers. Tracy ordered a regular on wheat and the server behind the counter yelled down the line, "Rev it up", a phase used now but not when Tracy and Jen were undergraduates here many years ago. They proceeded to fill the order from memory, thinking it was Jen and not realizing it was her twin sister. My husband and I wrote a thank you note to Freebirds in Arlington, because folks who share a special memory of our daughter are helping us to cope with her death. The manager took our note and shared it with his boss, who shared it with his boss, till headquarters for Freeb!rds contacted us about a fundraiser in memory of Jen. It was held on Muster, at all the Freeb!rd locations in Dallas/Ft Worth, and in College Station where folks were offered an opportunity to donate $1 to the Scholarship fund we created through the Association of Former Students. It was a HUGE success and our whole family is VERY grateful to all the folks at Freeb!rds for their support during this difficult time.
• Photos from the Fundraiser:

• Fish Daddy's: My favorite is the Mexican Shrimp Cocktail and the Shrimp Po' Boy. My favorite story: The weekend before Muster lots of family arrived and went with us to the Aggie Baseball games, and one night we went to Fish Daddy's. As Tracy walked in, she commented, jokingly, she can't go to any restaurant in College Station, without a former student of mine saying "Hi, Mrs. Drost", or a former cadet greeting my husband with "HOWDY, Col. Drost". Dining there that night were the students from the Muster committee who have worked so closely with Gary and I, helping to answer questions about Muster and the Reflections display. They also offered to get Jen's name on the list in IRAQ if her brother was deployed April 21st. Luckily he was able to be here for Muster, and yes, Tracy broke out laughing when the Muster committee spoke to us.

• Chili's: My favorite is the Quesadilla Explosion! My favorite story: My husband and I have a favorite booth we sit at in Chili's that's "our spot". For Christmas last year, I gave Gary a Chili's gift card, which you can order online and insert your own favorite photo, and saying. I put the photo on his card, of the two of us sitting in front of the Christmas tree, in 1972, when he proposed!

• On the Border: My favorite is Live Queso! You have to try this. It's no longer on the menu, but you can order it anyway. I do all the time. Ask for: "Live Queso, with fajita chicken, pico, chopped avacado, carrots and jalapenos, and sour cream." I leave off the sour cream, but it used to come with it when this dish was on their menu a long time ago. Ask for flour tortillas on the side, and its a feast for two, or a great lunch with leftovers for later!

Now my favorite story: It takes awhile for the Endowed Scholarship Program to accumulate funds for the scholarships to begin, and after talking with our son and daughter, we decided to present, on our own, the first Jennifer Lynn Drost Memorial Scholarship to a very deserving young lady, Leslie Foster, who is in her last year of nursing school at Blinn College. The photo was taken on Tues, May 19, '09, in front of the fireplace at On The Border where we surprised Leslie with the scholarship. We asked her mom, Sherry Kovar, and grandmother, Mary Bell, to stop by for a surprise. Thanks, On the Border for helping us celebrate this inaugural event in style!

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