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[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

And pie. It's got to have pie.

Country Club Diner in Northeast Philly still has the best rice pudding I've ever eaten.

[Snidely Condescending]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Tomorrow is the election in NY's 20th CD (birthplace of your's truly and 2 US Presidents, and home to a ton of 19th Century Robber Barrons).

I've been there to take the waters (during race season, bien sur). Perhaps the true measure of how the mighty have fallen is that the candidate of the Party of Elihu Root is a carpetbagging Son of Garibaldi instead of the descendant of a Patroon.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Snidely Condescending

I've been there to take the waters (during race season, bien sur). Perhaps the true measure of how the mighty have fallen is that the candidate of the Party of Elihu Root is a carpetbagging Son of Garibaldi instead of the descendant of a Patroon.

I forgot about that new Water Park by the Glens Falls Raceway.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

And pie. It's got to have pie.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by Fugee

The "real" diners I know aren't that cheap because they don't have the buying power of a Dennys or IHOP. But they are old time small town diners. There are even some of those here in the big (for MN) city.

I think Arnold's (which I drive by nearly every day) recently raised the price to $3.49. It will probably come back down, as eggs, milk and meat do too. And there's a 24-hour, stand alone diner 7 blocks over, but it's probably not quite that cheap.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Cletus Miller

Can you get 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 sausage, 2 toast and hash browns for $2.99? Then it ain't a "real" diner.

That seems like a stupid requirement. I thought if you could order breakfast at any time, day or middle of the night and the place had booths and classic diner seating at a counter, it qualified.

Originally Posted by Greedyx3

And pie. It's got to have pie.

Exactly.

TM

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Tomorrow is the election in NY's 20th CD (birthplace of your's truly and 2 US Presidents, and home to a ton of 19th Century Robber Barrons). The great thing about NY 20 (since this is the FB not the PB) - the big campaign stops are almost all diners. As I read it, the two candidates and their surrogates visited about 5 diners yesterday. Where else but upstate NY can you find so many diners left - with people in them?

They're all over NJ. They tend to be wonderful -- cheap, huge portions, food that ranges from pretty good to really good, and (at the good ones) 25 kinds of pie and cake, that they serve in slices approximately the size of a highway off-ramp.

You have to overlook the fat guys in sweatsuits who look like Soprano casting-call washouts.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

A classic diner is a stand-alone building.

Why?

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I believe a TCOTU one was in After Hours, and maybe Stand Up?

There are a few stand-alones still here, but diners are about the food, decor and likelihood they're open when you're shit-faced and need some greasy food.

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Why?

There are a few stand-alones still here, but diners are about the food, decor and likelihood they're open when you're shit-faced and need some greasy food.

TM

Steak n Shake?








I actually love SnS.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

They're all over NJ. They tend to be wonderful -- cheap, huge portions, food that ranges from pretty good to really good, and (at the good ones) 25 kinds of pie and cake, that they serve in slices approximately the size of a highway off-ramp.

You have to overlook the fat guys in sweatsuits who look like Soprano casting-call washouts.

1- you honor the guidos, not overlook them
2- you can tell your ass is from SF- there aren't 25 pies/cake flavors a man will eat. no offense.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Steak n Shake?

I actually love SnS.

I've had this conversation with RB here. I love Steak n Shake. My cousin recently got married in the mid-west and I think I flew out there more for the trips to Steak n Shake than to attend the wedding.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

1- you honor the guidos, not overlook them
2- you can tell your ass is from SF- there aren't 25 pies/cake flavors a man will eat. no offense.

1 Apple
2 Chocolate
3 Coconut
4 Pecan
5 Blueberry
6 Key lime
7 Lemon
8 Pumpkin
9 Cherry
10 Banana or banana cream
11 Raspberry
12 Blackberry
13 Strawberry
14 French Silk
15 Oreo
16 Snickers
17 Grasshopper
18 Peanut Butter
19 Squash
20 Sweet Potato

I think Hank is right on this one. I can't think of any more (without exhausting the berry universe).

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

1 Apple
2 Chocolate
3 Coconut
4 Pecan
5 Blueberry
6 Key lime
7 Lemon
8 Pumpkin
9 Cherry
10 Banana or banana cream
11 Raspberry
12 Blackberry
13 Strawberry
14 French Silk
15 Oreo
16 Snickers
17 Grasshopper
18 Peanut Butter
19 Squash
20 Sweet Potato

I think Hank is right on this one. I can't think of any more (without exhausting the berry universe).

TM

Rhubarb. Top 5 pie for me.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I've had this conversation with RB here. I love Steak n Shake. My cousin recently got married in the mid-west and I think I flew out there more for the trips to Steak n Shake than to attend the wedding.

TM

There are so many things on the menu I like:

• frisco melt;
• 5-way chili (although Skyline does it better);
• oreo shake;
• cheese fries (and eating the skinny cheese-covered fries with a fork); and
• fried chicken salad.

Dear lord I'm hungry.

[John Phoenix]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I've had this conversation with RB here. I love Steak n Shake. My cousin recently got married in the mid-west and I think I flew out there more for the trips to Steak n Shake than to attend the wedding.

TM

Count me in as a Steak and Shake fan. There is one near my parents' new house. They cannot figure out my obsession with going to Steak and Shake, but at least they indulge the request.