Last edited by Oliver (2014-08-13 14:31:30)

+1 on Santa Barbara.  A beautiful town. 

You can still find pockets of Googie architecture in Florida.  But it's often run down and what's inhabiting the space is usually something like a dentist or tax office - nothing fun like a coffee, doughnut shop, or restaurant.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDhtadoeUk

A British slant on the diner; the Regency Cafe in Pimlico, London as seen through the eyes of two charming young lady tourists:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UFOKQdu9E

The Regency has featured in numorous films where the director wants a bit of instant old school London atmosphere. The counter lady Claudia has a drill instructors voice but is very softly spoken and demure when she serves you. It's just around the corner from where I work but I try not to go there too often for waistline reasons.

Used to use New Piccadilly and Alpinos up near The Angel. Golden Fish on Fridays. All gone now.

http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/topten.html

River cafe outside Putney Bridge Tube is still going strong and is a belter though. Andrews is still going too good nosh but slight refit.

Walked past University Cafe in Byres Road Glasgow a few weeks ago to go to a fancy restaurant and Tennents pub.

Scarborough ice cream parlour is a good one too.

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The lady and I were talking about this just last night.  The Food Network is a big joke at this point.  I guess people just want to watch garbage, so they're fed garbage.