Comments on: Diner Diaries

Diner Diaries

dchase — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:04:41 -0800

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:17:15 -0800

they don't seem to mention hilo, which is the location of my only diner experience. we were at a meeting earlier this year and had breakfast there every day. i put on 2kg in a week. at first i started with just juice + coffee, but then it was the pancakes (5 different syrups!) and finally the vegetarian blt (but with real bacon - that way you get the wholemeal bread and avocado ;o). sigh. reaches for another piece of damn fruit.

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:33:46 -0800

[this is good]

By: GaelFC

GaelFC — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:44:00 -0800

Aw, I love it. Diners are my thing. Mickey's Diner in my hometown of St. Paul remains my gold standard. "We'll always have the diner."

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:00:07 -0800

I live in New Jersey, where my hometown has two diners, and every township I can think of of the top of my head hosts at least one. Is it true that they are less common in other parts of the country? I don't recall encountering any diners when I lived in Portland, OR.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:44:22 -0800

They seem to be much more common in the Northeast, Karmakaze. In the South, we have 'em, but a lot of 'em are Waffle Houses.