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| - Oh, Michael's. I'm glad that my longing for a NY-style diner experience can at last be satisfied. However, do keep in mind that it also resembles a typical NY diner in that there's nothing fancy. At all.
The place is quite unassuming. It's contained in a glass box by the Shaker Square rapid station... Or, rather, the place -is- the station, occupying the space behind the westbound platform. So, naturally, the place is much longer lengthwise, and combined with the typical, humble diner-ish interior, it creates a very unassuming, down-to-earth atmosphere. (Also note: while not spotless, the bathroom is not terrifyingly dirty. Yay, extra points!)
It feels much busier than it actually is--between the people waiting for the rapid just outside the diner (and around), those coming in to buy lottery tickets, and those just chatting it away with the people working here and/or each other.
The menu is on the smaller side for a diner, but has almost everything that one would look for at a diner. The typical diner fares are far from disappointing, and the gyro meat that keeps being mentioned by other reviewers is, indeed, pretty impressive. And all of them are served in generous portions. The only thing missing is a fried food "sampler"--an option to have a little bit of each kind of deep-fried goodness... Maybe my college town's diner just spoiled me a lot. Not a huge issue, either way.
Many of the dishes contain less vegetables than would be considered normal at other places, but you don't go to a diner for shredded iceberg lettuce, I suppose.
Also, UNLIKE many NY diners, this place actually closes on weeknights. Open all night on weekends. Customer parking is available on the side of the platform, behind the diner (on westbound Shaker Blvd).
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