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| - Want a "vintage" diner with out the hipster-douche bags? This is the place.
Sure, it's way out east, but it's right at Coxwell station, and sometimes a trip outside the rectangle that is downtown-Toronto is good for you.
When I went my friend and I had really great french toast, for super cheap. All the food is cheap, it's a diner after all, so you get pretty much what you expect (greasy, fatty, great portions for cheap...and tasty).
But what I liked best about this place, even more than the decor-- which featured a dragon head, a flying pig, old school diner furniture, old vinyl record covers on the ceiling and old black and white photos of old celebrities (most of whom I had NO IDEA who they were)-- was the feel of the place. The friendly, calm-yet-quick, service, and a place where people will recognize you as a person not just a dollar sign (our server Sonia was so great...especially considering they were trying to clean up/close up but never kicked us out or gave us dirty looks or anything).
Oh and I also love that they still have their original menu from like, 1957 up on the wall so people can jokingly ask for a small fries for 15 cents.
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