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| - When I think of a diner, I think of comfort food.
That was what I was in the mood for the other day, when my lady and I went to the Diner Deluxe for dinner.
This casual 50's style diner has a warm, cozy feel to it - it's comforting.
But sadly, that comforting feeling didn't translate into comforting food.
I don't know what the opposite of comfort food is - I guess it'd be called "distressing food".
And that's what the meals turned out to be - distressing.
We ordered the Chipotle Pulled Pork sandwich on ciabatta, and a Steelhead Trout sandwich with roasted potatoes and a side salad.
The ciabatta bread that held the pulled pork was great, but the pork itself had an odd cinnamon/curry flavour to it that I found distasteful. The Steelhead trout sandwich was again on really good bread, but I didn't know that Steelhead trout meant "salmon". I'm not a salmon fan, so I suppose I'm the one at fault for ordering it and not liking it. But it's through no fault of my own that the roasted potatoes were giant, bland and mushy, and the side salad was basically lettuce with a runny bitter cream dressing.
All that said, they do offer all day breakfast, which looked good at the table next to us, and I'm positive they'd made great toast.
For the vibe of the place alone, I'd give their breakfast a try.
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