I worked at the Reliance Cafe for about 16 years which was owned by Greeks and is located in York, Pa. I could tell you some very interesting stories which at some point I might share, but not today. You can see by the photos they have on their website that the food was good, for the most part. Of course no restaurant cooks everything good to everyone’s liking, my Son Eric even cooked there when he was young for a short period. It was like home to me for many years, occasionally we stop in to visit now, but not often.

They made the best house dressing around and everyone referred to it as the Greek dressing. People would actually ask to buy it because you couldn’t buy it in stores at that time. The owners kept the recipe a secret and only one of them would make it in a big batch at night when the restaurant closed. I found out later that the recipe belonged to Mr. Mallas’s son-in-laws’ family and he of course shared it with his new in-laws. It’s my favorite dressing and I was delighted when the owners of the recipe decided to start bottling it.

At first it was only sold in PA, but now they have branched out to other states, I’m not sure which ones though. If you’re lucky enough to live in one of the states that supply it I totally recommend it. I use it to marinate chicken and steak and have used it in many other dishes. I was going through my fridge and pulled out all the dressings I have at the moment which happen to be only 4. Bill loves the red wine and could drink it from the bottle, but he also likes mine.

Mine of course is the Gazebo which I love and am addicted to which actually tastes better when made fresh, but this is excellent. I use the Ranch only when I eat hotwings and sad to say the Italian was bought by my Son 4 years ago before they moved away and I just can’t bare to throw it out yet. I go through the freezer occasionally to straighten it up and throw away outdated food and I always run across the frozen vegetables that he made me take also when they left, I’ll pitch them someday, but not yet.

I was curious, how many bottles of salad dressing do you have in your fridge?

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