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| - We're talking diner, here, not tie-required dining so this is a diner 4 star!
Stopped here on a whim for lunch today, based on the old trucker's "How full is the parking lot?" method of selection.
It was Sunday 1 PM-ish and they were slammed!
Seat yourself.
Usually when I inquire as to the relative merit of a dish that is not in the server's personal wheelhouse, I get a "I dunno, I don't like that!!" kinda non-response coupled with a dull, "I think I'm nauseous" look from my server.
Odd, how servers so often think I'm there to inquire as to what THEY do and don't like, rather than to dine myself, hopefully with some guidance from an "insider"???!!!!
I've gotten "I don't eat meat!" I don't eat seafood!" even "Ewwwheh!!!!" et al....
Here, although the young lady didn't like the item, she said she sold a lot of it and everyone she had served it to had commented on how good it was, at which point another waitress overheard the inquiry and said my item was "Her favorite!, and "She loved it!"
So without further deliberation I ordered the liver and onions.
Yeah, I can hear the moans!
However the lady ordered it as well, so I'm not alone!
And it's an excellent dish by which to judge the ability of the chef in this type of establishment.
Anybody can pull the fries when the timer beeps, and anybody can cook a hamburger without starting a forest fire, liver actually requires some skill.
It wasn't perforated with that sinewy stuff that so often is part and parcel, and it was quite tender, likely the result of a marinade.
It was Perfectly cooked!
No shoeleather here as is oft the case!
Served with choice of slaw, salad or soup; choice of potato, choice of veggie, and bread, a home baked miniloaf.
Potatoes, mashed, came-off as maybe homemade, with no tinny aftertaste.
Gravy was fine, but no true homemade, rich pan-drippings taste.
Asked for extra onions.
Got 'em!
Kudos!
I was heard again!
Good veggie sides, salads and slaw (soup didn't make our table today), and plenty of refills and checkbacks by the waitress.
All for under twenty bucks plus tip!
In the words of Arnold, "I'll be back!"
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