Price of breakfast in your town?

[snow]

I went and had breakfast at a local family restaurant /diner yesterday for the first time in years and was amazed at the prices, I had two eggs bisquits & gravy and coffee for $10.75 add a tip and your at $13.00

I rarely eat out anywhere so I guess it took me by surprise that prices had risen so much, of course I rememember Sambos having all you can drink coffee for a nickel too and hamburgers for a quarter and steaks for two bucks.

REGARDS SNOW

[mole']

I went and had breakfast at a local family restaurant /diner yesterday for the first time in years and was amazed at the prices, I had two eggs bisquits & gravy and coffee for $10.75 add a tip and your at $13.00

I rarely eat out anywhere so I guess it took me by surprise that prices had risen so much, of course I rememember Sambos having all you can drink coffee for a nickel too and hamburgers for a quarter and steaks for two bucks.

REGARDS SNOW

DAMN, how old are you man?

[anonymouse]

that was a cheap breakfast

[Jstas]

Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

I can get that any time of the day or night too.

Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

[snow]

DAMN, how old are you man?

Well I still have a few pics of me and methesula playing together as kids that should give you a hint ;)

that was a cheap breakfast

Ok so how much at your local diner?

Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

I can get that any time of the day or night too.

Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

Sounds like I need to move to Jersey :)



REGARDS SNOW

[pearsall001]

Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

I can get that any time of the day or night too.

Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

Amen!!! Jersey diners are the cat's meow!!!! ;)

[blakeh]

We have a few great places in town where you could get two eggs, biscuits & gravy with coffee for less than $7.

The last time my girlfriend and I went out for breakfast, I had a three egg ham, cheese, and mushroom omlette with American fries, two silver dollar pancakes and a large orange juice while she had a three egg white omlette with salsa, wheat toast, American fries and coffee. Our total was $13.50 (without tip).

[dorokusai]

Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

I can get that any time of the day or night too.

Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

Yeah, same here. I can do Waffle House for <$8 w/tip and eat well.

[Polkersince85]

We have a 8.99 all you can eat buffet. I'm talking a pound of bacon, sausage, waffles, pancakes, toast, fruit and 12 eggs if you want. May go in the morning now that you reminded me.

Oh yea, and Grits, too.

[dkg999]

Snow - considering the normal Alaskan price differential I don't think your breakfast was that bad and is comparative with Anchorage/Sterling/Seldotna.

[snow]

Snow - considering the normal Alaskan price differential I don't think your breakfast was that bad and is comparative with Anchorage/Sterling/Seldotna.

It must be because im a cheap old bastage then :) I keep forgetting that prices rise especially since I dont ever eat out.

Mole seemed a lttle surprised when I told him what prices used to be, of course I remember being surprised by my father telling me stories of going to the local bakery and buying a loaf of bread for 1/2 cent and a extra large loaf of bread with a candy cane on top for a full cent. Now days the semi decent brands at the store are $5.00 a loaf.



REGARDS SNOW

[anonymouse]

At Lou Mitchell's in Chicago, which is the best breakfast diner in the city IMO, I average about $40 for 2 people with tip.

[tonyb]

All depends on where ya go I guess. Cheap breakfast can be found almost anywhere. You Georgia guys, is Mammies still there outside of Atlanta in the sticks ? Heart attack on a platter but good. I dig those small greasy spoon joints for breakfast.

[PerfectCreature]

Local diner will serve breakfast from 4am to 11am.
They give you a choice. Wake up meal for $5.25 moose meal 6.95 and the loggers delite for $9.

Tons of choices for each, sort of like a pick and choose. Really good food I ate there once when I had worked in the potato fields for Harvest.

[Rivrrat]

It depends.

I know a couple of plces that heve decent breakfast specials for under 5 bucks. On the other hand, I know some places that 10 bucks or more is the going price.

[nadams]

From the local diner's website

Sunday 6am-11am breakfast buffet $6.99
Weekdays 6am-11am Omlettes served with homefries and toast $1.99

[Sherardp]

15 bucks for eggs, sausage, pancakes with side of OJ out here.

[hearingimpared]

Pssh! That's too much! $6.75 gets me coffee , juice, a bacon omelete, home fries and buttered toast. $5.50 gets me a tall stack of pancakes a side of sausage, juice and coffee. $5.75 is the same but a tall stack of french toast instead.

I can get that any time of the day or night too.

Nothing like a real Jersey diner!

Jersey has some great diners. However, there is this little greezy spoon on RT 30 (Lancaster Pike) in Frazer, PA. It's a little tiny joint with maybe six tables and a counter. I guarantee you that for under seven or eight bucks, you will be so full, even a big guy like you SNOW, that you will fall asleep at your desk at work.

It's a classic old time diner with homemade practically anything and the portions are huge.

My favorite there was "Dean's SOS Special" which was any toast cubed (three slices) you like (I always ordered rye toast) cover with three fried eggs, and completely smothered with cream chip beef. You got a choice of two sides of meat (I always ordered scrapple and ham) all the coffee you could drink with juice and they offered more toast free for pushing the slop onto your fork and for sopping up the left over egg yolk and SOS. There's more but it slips my mind since it's been a while since I've been there.

Here what it looks like! Actually they've modernized it a bit but it's always packed every day until they close at 11:00 AM IIRC. Scroll down it's a blast from the past. Oh yeah one more thing, they make milkshakes (yep at breakfast) that will bring tears of memories to your eyes.

http://retroroadmap.com/2010/07/11/f...ut-you-should/

[snow]

Jersey has some great diners. However, there is this little greezy spoon on RT 30 (Lancaster Pike) in Frazer, PA. It's a little tiny joint with maybe six tables and a counter. I guarantee you that for under seven or eight bucks, you will be so full, even a big guy like you SNOW, that you will fall asleep at your desk at work.

It's a classic old time diner with homemade practically anything and the portions are huge.

My favorite there was "Dean's SOS Special" which was any toast cubed (three slices) you like (I always ordered rye toast) cover with three fried eggs, and completely smothered with cream chip beef. You got a choice of two sides of meat (I always ordered scrapple and ham) all the coffee you could drink with juice and they offered more toast free for pushing the slop onto your fork and for sopping up the left over egg yolk and SOS. There's more but it slips my mind since it's been a while since I've been there.

Here what it looks like! Actually they've modernized it a bit but it's always packed every day until they close at 11:00 AM IIRC. Scroll down it's a blast from the past. Oh yeah one more thing, they make milkshakes (yep at breakfast) that will bring tears of memories to your eyes.

http://retroroadmap.com/2010/07/11/f...ut-you-should/

Looks like you had the sh*t on a shingle I had the cr*p on a crumpet :p

REGARDS SNOW

[hearingimpared]

Looks like you had the sh*t on a shingle I had the cr*p on a crumpet :p

REGARDS SNOW

Hehehe! On thing I miss up here; when I was in GA at Ted's Polkfest, every food joint you went to (my favorites were the Waffle House & Cracker Barrel) had biscuits smothered in sausage gravy and great grits. Man I was in heaven despite the heat and humidity.

I think the biscuits and sausage gravy is the South's answer to **** on a shingle. I love both!

[skipf]

A local West Columbia restaraunt sells a breakfast of two eggs, two strips of bacon, a sausage patty, grits (or hashbrowns for the occasional visiting Yankee) and biscuit or toast for $3.75. Haven't seen a lower priced breakfast anywhere.

[newbie308]

Although I havn't been there for a little while, I used to take the family to the Pensburgh Diner for their early bird breakfast special. For $3 They would serve 2eggs any style, your choice of breakfast meat (I love scrapple), homefried hashbrowns (crispy), Toast (white, wheat, or rye), and a realy good cup of coffee (all you can drink)! If you remembered to ask, they'd give you a bowl of Bauman's apple butter (The Best ever!). For the kids they'd substitute milk or juice with no additional charge. The food was always hot, and the service was fantastic!

[obieone]

A local West Columbia restaraunt sells a breakfast of two eggs, two strips of bacon, a sausage patty, grits (or hashbrowns for the occasional visiting Yankee) and biscuit or toast for $3.75. Haven't seen a lower priced breakfast anywhere.

And the name of this place would be....?

[snow]

You guys are making me hungry stop!! :p



REGARDS SNOW

[Refefer]

There's a solid diner near where I used to live that would serve monster dinner-plate sized flapjacks for a $1.29 a piece. Throw some eggs and bacon and you'd be out about $5 and enough to feed two.

[inspiredsports]

Amen!!! Jersey diners are the cat's meow!!!! ;)

But hopefully no other parts of the cat :D