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Author: Manzoorul HassanManzoorul Hassan Date: Sep 18, 2007 19:51
I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
Austin?
- manzoor
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Author: Robert AllisonRobert Allison Date: Sep 18, 2007 20:47
Manzoorul Hassan wrote:
> I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
> and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
> Austin?
>
> - manzoor
>
I am sure there are others, but Starseeds at 24th and IH35 is
diner like, but you may not enjoy the experience there.
The Jims restaurants remind me of old time diners, just
bigger. I think it has to do with the menu and the way the
waitresses act, especially the one at the Y in Oak Hill.
If you go out to Manor, Cafe 290 is a real good example of a
good ol fashioned Diner.
--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
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Author: Elliot RichmondElliot Richmond Date: Sep 18, 2007 23:06
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:51:38 -0000, Manzoorul Hassan
gmail.com> wrote:
>I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
>and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
>Austin?
Austin's Diner on Burnet is very close. Has the counter as well as
table service and includes questionable health department
qualifications at no extra cost.
A group I meet with every Tuesday used to eat there. I finally got to
where I told the waitress "I'll have whatever you are going to bring
me anyway."
We have since moved to Triumph Cafe on Spicewood springs. Triumph Cafe
is certainly cleaner.
Waffle House is also a "classic" diner. There is one on east Ben White
(71) around the intersection with Riverside. Many people don't like
Waffle House. It is what it is.
Elliot Richmond
Itinerant astronomy teacher
Freelance science writer
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Author: Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Date: Sep 19, 2007 00:13
Elliot Richmond wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:51:38 -0000, Manzoorul Hassan
> gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
>> and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
>> Austin?
>
> Austin's Diner on Burnet is very close. Has the counter as well as
> table service and includes questionable health department
> qualifications at no extra cost.
A real classic diner has good short order food, usually original in some
way. Austin's has mediocre food indistinguishable from a jillion other
mediocre places.
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Date: Sep 19, 2007 04:40
Peter Principle wrote:
> There's only one place in this town that even comes close to being a classic
> diner, IMO. Can't remember the name,
Nighthawk, or Frisco. Burnet at Koenig.
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Author: austinguyaustinguy Date: Sep 19, 2007 09:33
On Sep 18, 12:51 pm, Manzoorul Hassan gmail.com>
wrote:> I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
> and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
> Austin?
>
> - manzoor
There have been some responses listing Waffle House as one of the real
diners. I'd have to say they are a real diner, but not necessarily
one of the great ones that food network TV show tries to highlight.
There are two in Austin - one on 71 between 35 and 183, the other is
on 290, east of 183,
They have 24-hour service, cooked to order food, and generally tasty
stuff. I've eaten in their namesakes before on the east coast with
generally better results. The better results included better taste,
and consistent timing in bringing the meal together at one time.
As a "good" diner, the have fresh ingredients, friendly &
knowledgeable staff, decent prices, and reasonably quick service.
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Author: motorblademotorblade Date: Sep 19, 2007 13:56
On Sep 18, 5:13?pm, "Peter Principle" CUTITOUTgmail.com>
wrote:> Elliot Richmond wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:51:38 -0000, Manzoorul Hassan
>> gmail.com> wrote:>
>>> I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
>>> and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
>>> Austin?
>
>> Austin's Diner on Burnet is very close. Has the counter as well as
>> table service and includes questionable health department
>> qualifications at no extra cost.
>
> A real classic diner has good short order food, usually original in some
> way. Austin's has mediocre food indistinguishable from a jillion other
> mediocre places.
>
>> A group I meet with every Tuesday used to eat there. I finally got to
>> where I told the waitress "I'll have whatever you are going to bring ...
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Author: wcwc Date: Sep 19, 2007 15:39
> I've been watching the new Food TV Show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
> and have really been wanting to try a real diner. Do we have one in
> Austin?
>
> - manzoor
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Author: Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Date: Sep 19, 2007 19:35
motorblade wrote:
> On Sep 18, 5:13?pm, "Peter Principle" CUTITOUTgmail.com>
> wrote:>> There's only one place in this town that even comes close to being a
>> classic diner, IMO. Can't remember the name, but it opened a few
>> months ago in the space on the drag previously occupied by GM. Very
>> good. Very original. Very much a diner. If you're hankerin' fer a
>> real diner with real food, this is the place...
> Maybe you mean the Counter Cafe across from Bookpeople
>
> great food....handmade mayo and ketchup
>
> It used to be the GM and it was featured in "slacker"
That's the place. Great food, nice people. So far superior to the greasy
crap most places shovel out that they're in a league of their own,
diner-wise. It's an embarrassment to even mention a crummy little joint like
Waffle House in the same thread.
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Author: Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Date: Sep 19, 2007 19:37
Wooly wrote:
> Peter Principle wrote:
>
>> There's only one place in this town that even comes close to being a
>> classic diner, IMO. Can't remember the name,
>
> Nighthawk, or Frisco. Burnet at Koenig.
Or, if you prefer real food prepared to order from fresh ingredients by
people who actually know how to cook, try the Counter Diner.
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