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| - It's tough... I wanted to hate this place because, well, it's not awesome. But something about it made me fall a little bit in love. It's totally kitschy, it's loud, it's overcrowded and the service is incredibly slow. So what's to like?
I was traveling with a friend and we had to circle around the restaurant 3 times before we spotted an open table. There was a woman sitting at a two top who decided to use another table to rest her bags on. Not sure if this is something the restaurant would feel comfortable monitoring or not but they were losing business because people were too lazy and impolite to rest their bags on the floor. We kindly asked if the table was taken and she moved her stuff noting, "Whoops. I've been here for 40 mins. Sorry about that."
We take our seats, find spots for our bags under the tiny table and wait. And wait. A woman offered up menus and left us for a few mins to decide what to eat and drink. Wanting some wine I asked, "Do you have a house wine?" And the absolute best question followed, "Yes. What color are you looking for?" Haha. But it got better. The wine comes in two serving sizes. 4 oz and 9 oz. I had a good two hours to kill so I ordered the latter. When it came it might as well have been served in a fishbowl! No complaints there, though. I slowly sipped away on the wine and placed an order for some food. My poor friend got some sort of roast beef sandwich and couldn't even finish it. It looked downright gross. Something made in an elementary school cafeteria. My boneless tangy wings were pretty good though. Having low expectations, I actually enjoyed them. The serving size was huge too, I couldn't eat it all.
So all in all it wasn't terrible. Something about this place was adorable in a sad way. It's messy, the servers look like they're all hating life and the food is not so awesome. But with such limited options and everyone wanting one last meal or drink in AZ before taking off to somewhere else, this "diner" will do the trick. Just order the 9 oz wine and life will be good.
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