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#76 2014-08-13 08:14:14

Acton_Baby
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner

 

#77 2014-08-13 08:35:52

Jeff Reed
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

Diners are ubiquitous in all of NYC with the exception of the Bronx. The borough with the strongest diner culture is probably Queens. And that is probably second to Long Island in the area where they are all over the place. On my way out east on Long Island I stop at The Coach Diner in Baldwin. 2 people can get eggs, bacon/sausage/ham, fries/home fries, toast/bagel/muffin, pancakes, juice and coffee for about $10.

I like the atmosphere of diners. I'm not a foodie, so the simple food at a good price is a big attraction. But more than that it is the lack of music, frippery, nauseating descriptions of food and so on that I also enjoy. I know I'm not paying a premium for design. And why should I when it comes to food? People call it an art form. Perhaps it can be, I don't know, but to me it is a consumable. There's little point in designing when it comes to food. Makes as much sense to me as designing gasoline and the pumps that provide it. I'm not willing to pay a premium for soft music, lighting, non-functional design, or fancy descriptions (this gasoline was refined at an organic refinery in the Hudson Valley from oil tenderly drawn from a well in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania) there, and I have to be dragged to do it with food. But I am dragged often enough. Such is the biological urge for something else other than food.

In my neighborhood, within 5 blocks of me there are 5 diners that I know of. I only go to one. And depending on those whom I encounter I dare not express my preferred diner. Advocates of one or another can sometimes lose perspective over the importance of the argument.

 

#78 2014-08-13 08:37:15

Tomiskinky
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

In yesterdays Time Out Acton, not tried them yet. If you get chance check out SubCult for something delicious and not a burger.

http://www.sub-cult.co.uk/

 

#79 2014-08-13 09:16:53

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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#80 2014-08-13 09:18:09

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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"As I looked out into that night sky, with all those infinite stars, it made me realise how unimportant they are"

Peter Cook

 

#81 2014-08-13 09:22:38

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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"As I looked out into that night sky, with all those infinite stars, it made me realise how unimportant they are"

Peter Cook

 

#82 2014-08-13 09:53:30

Oliver
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#83 2014-08-13 09:57:02

doghouse
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^ Nice.


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#84 2014-08-13 10:14:59

Acton_Baby
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner

 

#85 2014-08-13 10:31:43

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#86 2014-08-13 10:35:12

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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

Last edited by Oliver (2014-08-13 10:35:48)

 

#87 2014-08-13 10:35:55

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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

Freaking YUM DUDE!!!!


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#88 2014-08-13 10:43:35

Acton_Baby
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner

 

#89 2014-08-13 10:50:34

stanshall
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#90 2014-08-13 10:51:35

Worried Man
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

I can't take this so close to lunch.  You guys are killing me.


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#91 2014-08-13 10:51:37

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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#92 2014-08-13 10:52:02

Oliver
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#93 2014-08-13 10:56:32

IvyLeagueOfGentlemen
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"As I looked out into that night sky, with all those infinite stars, it made me realise how unimportant they are"

Peter Cook

 

#94 2014-08-13 11:00:46

Oliver
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#95 2014-08-13 11:05:49

Acton_Baby
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries


"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner

 

#96 2014-08-13 11:06:17

Oliver
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#97 2014-08-13 11:12:18

doghouse
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

There was some joint off Sunset I used to go a bit who's name is totally escaping me right now.


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 

#98 2014-08-13 11:13:29

Oliver
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#99 2014-08-13 11:20:08

Oliver
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#100 2014-08-13 11:23:37

doghouse
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Re: Coffee bars, diners, forgotten roadside eateries

The hills around Santa Barbara are not even in the same hemisphere as L.A.

Thems fightin' words.


Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare

 
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