South Street Diner, Boston MA
We have heard of this infamous diner for a while, but never got the chance to eat there until now. It was built in 1947 and is open 24 hours...a nice and rare luxury found in Boston. It is well known around the area and is frequented by many students, especially when everything else is closed. We, however, were not too impressed...Our friend Kerry joined us on our diner tour this time. We were happy to have some company.
Decor: The South Street Diner resides in a diner car which is a plus. It is a small place, but home-y inside. We sat at the counter because we came at a busy time. The counter seats swiveled all the way around which was nice. There were old black and white pictures decorating the walls with some neon colored lights along the trim of the diner. If it looks like a diner, smells like a diner...then it is probably in fact, a diner.
Staff: When we walked in, we met a very tall, big fellow who Kerry actually knew personally. He told us to take a seat wherever there was room. This man was the king of the diner for sure. We saw him barking orders at everyone. To my dismay, he was quite rude to the main cook and made me feel uncomfortable. He was also very loud so we could hear the mean comments he was making, loud and clear. Our waitress appeared new and didn't seem to know too much about the menu. She also forgot our friend's order and didn't realize it until Clayton and I got our food. It happens, we know, but it was certainly a minus. No huns or heavy make-up to be seen in the whole place.
Menu Options: The South Street Diner has a typical menu to choose from. Nothing fancy or memorable. I hoped they would have some cool names of things or twists to their menu since they are so "famous" but I was disappointed.
Taste of Food: Clayton got banana French Toast. It was actually very interesting how they made it...in between two pieces of toast, they put a whole half a banana and highly dipped it in eggs. It was okay tasting..nothing like the banana French Toast from Victoria's. I got a club..it was standard. Nice thing was that I got to choose my side to go with it. The turkey tasted good and you get quite alot of food. Kerry got chocolate chip pancakes. They weren't as tasty as we hoped. Couldn't taste the chocolate too much. Overall, the taste was just eh. Not terrible, but nothing to rave about. The price was also a bit higher than we are used to.
Gut Feeling: Overall, we gave the South Street Diner a 3.2. Got some pointage because it is a diner car with history.
3 comments:
Ok, so I will stay away from that one! heh, heh.
This place is amazing! I and a few mates come over from England and Ireland every year to coach soccer and this is always our first stop. Its great in the day and even better after a night out. Proper american diner. A+
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