Oh blah Midnight Diner why you gotta be like this to me? At this rate I might as well go to Waffle House.
I stopped by here at 11 recently after watching a play in NoDa with my date. Since 11 was pretty early for the drunk hungry crowd we managed to get seated pretty fast and our waitress was charming if inattentive. I sadly stared at my empty water glass for half of the time I was there. So basically the same as usual. "What made you lower your rating then Jimmy?" you ask? Well my usual order is 2 eggs scrambled and tomato slices. Granted their tomato slices taste like tasteless slave tomatoes (yes that's an actual term, look it up!) but they don't exactly have many options that are friendly towards people who don't eat pork or much beef and just want a cheap quick late night munch. Well it's because when the check came and my bill was double what it usually was this time so I glanced down. Usually tomato slices are free, but apparently now they charge $2.00 for 3 all but tasteless tomato slices and this change wasn't listed anywhere on the menu? I think I might've understood like maybe 75 cents for them or something. You can go ahead and call me cheap, but I dare you to order some tomato slices when you go there and tell me they're even worth near $2.00!
Yeah so as much as it pains me to choose a chain over supporting a local business I think I'd much rather just go to WaHo, or even better Mattie's(please think about staying open 24 hours on weekends Mattie!). The prices and quality of food combined with shoddy service here don't really justify the convenience to me anymore.