This diner provided me with the worst food I've eaten out in a long time. The only reason it gets two stars is because the server was the kindest, most wonderful young lady ever.
My partner got a Ceasar salad, no anchovies, with chicken; I got one with salmon. We shared fries.
The food was not good, not even a little. I hate hate hate saying something like that. And I even tried to get down with it. I was very patient. It was after trying to find my way almost all the way through a salad and fries that my patience was finally defeated.
My partner's salad came with anchovies on it. A simple mistake, but it set the tone. The romaine was woody and bitter. Greens are the main feature of a Caesar and they just weren't there. The salmon was dry and miserable. The fries were cool and spongy. Literally nothing we ate was good. Moreover, it's a diner with bistro prices--too expensive.
I know what a greasy spoon diner is like. Greasy spoon diners can be really good This isn't that. This isn't a greasy spoon I mistakenly expected more from; it's just not good.
I'm really sorry to say. The setting is charming, but the food--basic menu items!--just isn't good. The server? Super great.