My wife and I always enjoy heading off to a new city, staying in beautiful boutique hotels and eating in wonderful restaurants. But when presented with the challenges of a family vacation I always dread the "Family Restaurant" On a recent trip to an amusement park about 2 1/2 hours from our home we ate at a place called The Holmstead Restaurant just outside a quaint little town called Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, Canada. I had the ribs (I know, one should never order ribs in a family joint...but I did) my wife had a hot turkey sandwich and the kids had hotdogs. The food was so unspeakably dreadful we could hardly stand to look at it let alone eat it. And that's my question - why does this have to be so bad? And is there a palatable alternative out there? Any stories to share?