By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:05:27 +0000

I spend most of my time eating in diners. Yes I know that there ‘diners’ in almost every state but they are a real New Jersey institution. Most of the country goes to Denny’s or the equivalent-we go to a 24 hour diner where we can get breakfast at any hour of the day. Now I am not trying to brag but we can get basic comfort plain food almost any time we want-the diners that are successful do a good mix of more ‘trendy’ meals-but you can still get a good meat loaf in a mushroom gravy with plain mashed potatoes and applesauce if you want. Chicken soup of some kind is on the menu every day-for the most part if you want basic plain comfort food you can get it.
Tonight I went to dinner with my friend at one of these diners and I had a fancier pasta dish dinner-and she had grilled cheese with bacon and tomato. Both of us were happy-my meal included my soup, salad, beverage and dessert-and the entire meal was $20 including 7% sales tax. I think it is fully possible to have restaurants that serve both types of food and serve them well and they should be everywhere.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:16:18 +0000

I’m one of those people that can eat the fancy gourmet stuff every once in a while and enjoy it. But I definitely prefer comfort foods (mac n’ cheese, rice, pasta, burgers, etc.) on a daily basis.

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