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| - I have dined here before when it was like a more run down version of Tiffany's. But somehow I missed a refurbishing and was surprised to see News channel 8 do a story on it. It looks like a 50's malt shop now, and has expanded about 15 people's worth if you've been in there before.
You can see how it used to look like by looking at the floor. It's black and white tiled, but under the counter where they employees stand is the drab floor it used to be. And look at the ceiling tiles, you can see the cutoff from the restaurant to the pharmacy, the old faded yellow color used to be above the diner as well. Looks like it was stained from age and cigarettes. (Incidentally, it looks like original painting work on the back wall of the pharmacy.)
There were 2 guys working the restaurant: a cook/ cashier and a server/ busser/ cashier. After the news piece, I believe they weren't prepared for the rush we experienced when we were there. there were a lot of older people there, we were probably the youngest. But no one minded, this was an environment where people weren't jerks about planning their 20 minute break in a full service restaurant. People didn't mind waiting just out of wanting the "reopening" of the place to do well, economy and employment considered.
Some tables weren't bussed, in fact I wanted to help the guy and clean some up so more people could sit. Wonder if they'll add on a new person...
The best part was the food! They changed the menu, they used to have some Chinese food and the fried rice was my favorite. I hope they eventually bring that back. But they have burgers, Philly's, hot dogs, soda fountain, breakfasts. They don't appear to be open for dinner anymore, which was when I went the most. But I have spent some mornings regretting what I had done the night before my hangover over their breakfasts.
I had the Pizza Philly, which was EXCELLENT, light, crispy bread. We shared a fries and a choc shake, mmade with real ice cream. If they had a host/ cashier, they could be allocated to blending the desserts, too. (I worked at a Marie Callendar's long ago where that worked out fine.)
Oh, I got their take out menu *skimming*
They are open 8:00AM to 3:00PM, and even feature free wi-fi, which is interesting. The lady up front at the register for the Pharmacy couldn't even accept credit cards because they didn't have a phone line to connect their card reader machine to.
I noticed a lot of tug of wars between technology and vintage in this place. I hope they maintain the best of both. There are a lot fo companies that try to build a 50's place, but there are places here that HAVE stood the test of time and are still here, these Mom and Pop places I love going to.
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