Why do people romanticize diner food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was it a NY or NJ diner? It's comfort food. The pancakes are fluffy and the eggs are cheesy. You need to order correctly - you go there for burgers or grilled cheese or a BLT....not a steak dinner.

And the atmosphere is part of it. The 60 year old waitresses who are the right combination of gruff and charming.

Omfg, I want to go to a real diner NOW!! There's no real diner here.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/tastee-diner-bethesda

That does look promising...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frankly the food sucks. And the coffee sucks too. All the food has a greasy film. The syrup is the fake corn syrup kind. The eggs are rubbery. The bacon is always sort of chewy and undercooked. The forks feel old. We are on the road a ton for the kids’ travel sports, so we visit dozens of dinners annually, and they’re all pretty crummy.

You clearly haven't spent any time in NJ diners.

[Anonymous]

There used to be a diner near my work that was cozy feeling and the food actually tasted really good. I would go there every Friday morning with my co workers. Nothing else can compare and I’ve been disappointed by every other diner I’ve been to.

[Anonymous]

I miss the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

You need to go to a diner in New Jersey.

[Anonymous]

I used to love diner food, especially for breakfast out - but after changing my regular eating habits a lot the last year, I can’t stomach all the saturated fat in most diner dishes. I wish there was a place near me that could make a really good veggie and herb omelette but I live in a fine dining desert - so going out to breakfast is no longer a thing for me after being my favorite thing for decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring.

Yes!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frankly the food sucks. And the coffee sucks too. All the food has a greasy film. The syrup is the fake corn syrup kind. The eggs are rubbery. The bacon is always sort of chewy and undercooked. The forks feel old. We are on the road a ton for the kids’ travel sports, so we visit dozens of dinners annually, and they’re all pretty crummy.

Stop going! I have kids in 3 different travel sports and have not been to a diner once in four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was it a NY or NJ diner? It's comfort food. The pancakes are fluffy and the eggs are cheesy. You need to order correctly - you go there for burgers or grilled cheese or a BLT....not a steak dinner.

And the atmosphere is part of it. The 60 year old waitresses who are the right combination of gruff and charming.

Omfg, I want to go to a real diner NOW!! There's no real diner here.

+1

There was one out in Herndon that was good. Not sure if it’s still there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was it a NY or NJ diner? It's comfort food. The pancakes are fluffy and the eggs are cheesy. You need to order correctly - you go there for burgers or grilled cheese or a BLT....not a steak dinner.

And the atmosphere is part of it. The 60 year old waitresses who are the right combination of gruff and charming.

Omfg, I want to go to a real diner NOW!! There's no real diner here.

+1

There was one out in Herndon that was good. Not sure if it’s still there.

Amphora ?

[Anonymous]

I have many fond memories of Greek-owned Midwestern diners with my grandmother, or with college friends. Haven’t found a great diner in DC, though Silver Diner is an interesting, healthier spin.

[Anonymous]

They can be fun places to sit and talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have many fond memories of Greek-owned Midwestern diners with my grandmother, or with college friends. Haven’t found a great diner in DC, though Silver Diner is an interesting, healthier spin.

Those cases with the multi-layer cakes that looked so good. And all tasted like sawdust the worst possible cakes. But they had pretty much everything under the sun on the menu. Meatloaf, lo-cal diet plate (tomato with cottage cheese), crepes, eggs, pancakes, club sandwich, patty melt, etc. All was just ok, never amazing, the cakes were terrible.

[Anonymous]

The Amphora was fantastic. Miss that place.

[Anonymous]

For the same reasons they romanticize poverty. Nonsense