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| - 4 stars and here's why. I popped in this afternoon to escape the cold and a greasy spoon, old skool diner wasn't what I was looking, for but it's what I needed - i just didn't know it.
The place wasn't busy, but the service was friendly and efficient, and the food totally decent, cheap, and abundant. Where else in King West area can you get a full breakfast for $5.99?
The cherry was when this rather old, and hunched-over gentleman with a cane came in for his weekend breakfast. His name is Mort and he is clearly a regular.
As Mort took his seat he apologized for sitting at the table in front of me with his back to me as he would have preferred to face me so we could have a conversation. (Does it get anymore classic and charming than this? Not really).
He dropped his cane and I asked if I could help him and he said: no, I'm able with cane.
After a brief pause, we both burst out laughing. Cuz Abel and Cain.. lol!
He was impressed that I got the reference and was like: College educated? Me too. I have good feeling about you. I know people and I have a good feeling about you. Then he fist bumped me.
Then he asked if I was an opera fan. I said, no. He replied: so are you a Sally Rand fan?
His friend asked if I knew who that was. I said no. Then Mort goes: if you don't like opera u must like Sally Rand. She was as a nudie dancer. In the 30s if you asked someone if they liked Sally Rand it was, what do you call it? A JOKE!
Outstanding.
If Zupa's is good enough for a class act like Mort, then how can any of us go wrong?
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