Owner Tucker Curtain of Lake Effect Diner has been featured on Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" twice since 2009 ...

The trough on the back end kick-started lake-effect along the shores of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Up to 5 cm of snow could accumulate over parts of the escarpment with this system.

Of course, on a regional scale, those relatively warm waters of the lakes are responsible for very heavy lake-effect snow during the late fall through much of the winter, giving places like ...