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| - Like the true deli experience, the true diner experience is hard to find in these parts. The Food Fight group's twist on this slice of Americana nails it in most respects and misses it in just a few. Here are my key performance indicators for excellence in dinerology:
- Simple food spun up by a short-order cook with a mouth that makes a sailor blush.
- Bad coffee brewed in a Bunn-O-Matic and poured by a gruff waitress who, with her smoker's voice and polyester uniform, can keep up the banter with the foul-mouthed cooks.
- Pie for dessert.
Here's my analysis of the KPIs:
- We didn't talk to the busy cooks, but the waitresses appear as if like they could hold their own in the kitchen. They don't wear polyester. That's OK. The food is simple: turkey dinner good, cole slaw good, skip the fish fry, eat the French fries. The patty melt is an old diner standby. Get it here, even if it's Lent and you're Catholic and it's Friday. If God has tried the fish, he'll excuse you.
- The coffee is OK, not terrible, and the pie is great. If you visit during the holiday season, do yourself a favor and get the candy cane pie and ginger cake.
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