Normally Yelp leads me to places I really like while I'm traveling for work, but unfortunately, I wasn't all that impressed by Pinky's.
The ambiance was neat - this diner-ish place is housed in a converted gas station. Loved the music that was playing and the smorgasbord of options on the menu. But my food was just meh.
Started out with veggie chili. It was ok, but nothing special. Split the falafel balls and the friend pickles with a coworker. The falafel balls seemed pretty flavorless to me and in contrast, the fried pickles were way too salty. (and this is coming from a girl who drinks pickle juice, so that tells you how salty they were)
I had a very unmemorable veggie sandwich on pita bread. I may be spoiled because where I live, fresh pita is served just about everywhere, but their pita tasted like the wonder bread of pita.
My coworker had the fish tacos. We'd been to a place the night before with really amazing tacos (hello, Krazy Fish) so he wasn't all that impressed wither.
I was also a little put off by all of the plastic/styrofoam dinnerware. I understand that they're going for the divey kind of atmosphere, but...I thought I was going to puncture my plate at one point.
Overall, this was a sub par experience. I think this would be the kind of place I'd like to drink at...but I don't think I'd ever go back for food. But at least the drive to Pinky's allowed me to see a lot of the city!