I am surprised that, for the most part, this restaurant receives glowing reviews. The food is very much sub-par and - in certain instances (such as a sliver of pie with a scoop of freezer-burned icecream for EIGHT DOLLARS!) WILDLY overpriced.
On the plus side, the location, atmosphere and service are all great (if you like the open-kitchen diner thing which I do).
Unfortunately, the last time I ate here will be - literally - the last time I eat here. I ordered the fried rice with BBQ pork at a whopping $14. I received a small slick of impossibly greasy (deep?) fried rice with four one-inch pieces of cold gristly pork (at $1 per according to the add-on price). Along with the aforementioned overpriced pie (which was a very clumsy concoction of 2-inch thich hard-to-chew crust and a few sour cherries) I felt really ripped off.
Had the price been at 50% I would have walked away satisfied with a greasy spoon lunch. But, after a $3 cup of (Lipton) tea, tax and tip (I tipped 20%: the service was great) I paid OVER $30 FOR A SMALL AND SUBSTANDARD GREASY LUNCH!
Totally unacceptable.
I hope the owner will read this, and despite the obviously wieldy overhead of his/her location rethink the menu prices some. Or at least demand some kind of quality/quantity to match up with the exorbitant prices.