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Breakfast served from (5AM-12PM). I wish I had come earlier, because i love brekky.
Got the hamburger and fries. Burger was smaller that i was hoping for. reminded me of a Harveys burger, but better (same size though). (I'm not really a Harvey's fan though. They dress it in front of you like at Harveys, then wrap it in a few sheets of paper.
Fries were OK, but not the "best non gourmet fries in the city" like the 10 year old newspaper review on the wall says.
My co-diner got the hot roast beef sandwich. Although it on the recommended section of he menu I would not get this next time. Beef was hot, and they dressed it for you. (how are you supposed to dress a roast beef sandwich anyway?) There was gristle that made some of the pieces hard to eat. It tasted more like a thinly sliced steak sandwich. Not bad, but not what I was expecting.
Milkshake was quite runny, they didn't even have to use the blender. Stuff comes out of a machine, and they put in some syrup flavoring. The fake taste and "inauthenticity" of the shake is exactly what i was looking. I wanted a banana milkshake that tasted like the banana Popsicles of my youth. It was exactly what I got, yummy fake goodness. The have a long list of flavors, chocolate, strawberry, banana (yummy fake goodness), rum butter, some flavors I have forgot, and ...... grape (what???).
The place looks like it hasn't changed for the last 20 years. Is this bad? If the food is great, I think it would be a plus. Unfortunately, the food is only OK, so it doesn't come off at kitschy.
Would I come back here?
If i'm doing an overnight shift, and i'm starving. This place is 24 hrs (so i've heard, I don't actually remember seeing documented proof either way) and you can't have enough 24 hour places.
Is the burger worth the trip?
I would save my money for Jumbo Burger down the street. BUT, if its late, I'd take this place over the 24hr McDonald's down the street.
Is the large shake worth $4?
if i can't find fake banana syrup to make this on my own, then definitely. If you want an old fashioned natural shake, go elsewhere. I want to try the grape shake if I ever come back. Hopefully i get a thicker shake next time. Doubt it though, they have the thinnest straws, so i don't think I could drink it if it was less runny.
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