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| - Now that Nick's Diner has turned toward hipsters with a remodel and destroyed the "dive" atmosphere, we headed down the street to Steve's. As many other's have written, it's nothing to look at - unless you occupy yourself with reading the long list of available food choices posted on an old school wooden board behind the counter, and/or the hand written specials on what looks to be finely aged construction paper, taped to the wall.
Now you see, that's what I Ioved about Nick's. It was gritty and real and you got what you got "as-is", no frills, no apologies. Steve's is the same way - our waitress, a nice Greek woman told us that the place has been in business in that same location for 61 years. Despite the rough appearance, they've got to be doing something right to stay in business - and that right... is the food.
My son ordered biscuits and gravy (which for quality control [and yelp reviews] I had to sample) that was very good. Again, no frills, but the gravy sure tasted homemade to me, and it was a good size portion. I wasn't as hungry, so I just got standard breakfast, eggs, toast, bacon: I ordered my eggs over-medium and they were a fair facsimile, the bacon was crisp - but the hash browns were watery. I had ordered them extra crispy even, but I know some places have them pre-shredded and put them in water to avoid browning. So, if you're fussy, maybe skip this standard. But again, it's the kind of place where if you're going to come in all pretentious about the degree of crispness, the number of grill markings etc., maybe you should go elsewhere.
There are many other menu items I'm looking forward to trying at this last vestige of local, down-home divery.
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