I don't think I've ever been to an actual "greasy spoon" before. I may have thought I had ... but I was wrong. I can now say for certain, I have been christened into the world of the greasy spoon.
T and I ate a late breakfast (brunch is too refined a word) at Hanlon's on Saturday. They had already moved on from their full breakfast menu and were offering a very condensed version which was disappointing. You'd think a place like this would offer their complete breakfast menu all day. I got the 'cakes and bacon and T got the classic two egg breakfast with bacon, homefries and toast. My pancakes weren't cooked all the way through and there were a couple sad strips of bacon on the side that tasted like they were leftover from the earlier breakfast rush. Which, let's face it, they probably were. This was sad because the (somewhat grimy looking) cook (in preparation for the lunch rush I'm assuming) was frying fresh bacon on the flat top the entire time we were there. Pounds of it. I don't know why we didn't warrant a couple of those fresh slices.
T said his was all right ... I don't think he was very impressed. Our waitress was nice but a little spacey on refills. At least it was cheap. An okay start to our first day in Pittsburgh.
p.s. We think we saw a hooker order takeout. Score.