Diner Tour 2009

4/25/09
Gold Star Restaurant
Worcester, MA


So Clayton and I went to Western Massachusetts this weekend and decided to go find a diner on our way. Perfect plan right?! So we found this diner (it said diner when we googled it) and it got a pretty good rating, so we figured we would try it. As we were googling the diner, we saw that there were many diners to choose from in Worcester. I think it was Clayton who thought "this is odd, I wonder if diner cars originated in Worcester." So through wikipedia we saw this quote from the article "Commercial production of lunch wagons began in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1887, by Thomas Buckley." Thank-you Mr. Buckley and whoever else attributed to the wonderful thing called diners. We are forever grateful. So here are the ratings:

Decor: From the outside, it does not look like a diner at all (as you can see). We actually passed it about 4 times before we realized it was the diner we were looking for. On google, it said diner, but when we got there, it said restaurant! Anyways, when you go inside, there is a definite diner atmosphere. A counter with twirling seats, booths galore and breakfast specials hanging on a board above the wait station. Another special thing about his diner is the bathroom. You have to go through the kitchen to get to it. Pretty insane. I saw all the cooks preparing meals and thought "whoa, this is odd, but sorta cool?" Points had to be taken off though because it was not in a diner car and looked nothing like a diner from the outside.

Staff: Our waitress was young, but really good. She was able to handle a whole section to herself and she did it well. Although we were not met with an older woman who called us hun or tons of make-up, we were pleased with the service we got.

Menu Options: At this diner, you have you typical breakfast and lunch choices. However, you will be amazed at the prices..in a good way. Our whole meal between the two of us was about $8.00. We got alot of food too. Breakfast sandwiches:$2.00 Waffles:$3.00 Prices: amazing. They also had dinner specials which were very reasonable. We were a bit scared to order anything because we didn't want to die from food poisoning. That's how good the prices were.

Taste of Food: I got myself some eggs and I was pleased. Clayton got a breakfast sandwich..you could just smell the grease permeating from it. He loved it.... I was supposed to get a waffle, but we were in a rush and I couldn't wait for it. It was okay though because I was so stuffed. For the price, the taste was excellent.

Overall Gut Feeling: Although this place didn't look like a diner, it definitely had the diner feel to it. We enjoyed ourselves here and for the price, you really can't go wrong. We gave this diner a 3.2.


5/2/09
Andy's Diner
Cambridge, MA

On this particular weekend, we needed to get back to our house early so we went to this diner because it was close to Davis Square. BIG MISTAKE! Never go here....

Decor: As you can see, it is not a diner car. It is between Davis and Porter Square..it would be easy to miss if it weren't for the bright yellow sign. It does not look like a diner from the outside. The inside is also nothing to rave about. Yeah, it has a counter, yeah it has booths..but it looks more like a really cheap Denny's or Friendly's. It felt depressing just sitting there..gross.

Staff: Our waitress was okay. Again, nothing to rave about. She kinda seemed annoyed to serve us. Or maybe just not interested in us at all. Sadly, no huns.

Menu Options: At Andy's you have your typical diner menu, but it's not the cheapest place. We may have been spoiled from the diner in Worcester, but our bill was way higher. We weren't too happy with the food either..

Taste of Food: Sub-par. I ate waffles that looked like there were frozen, then microwaved. It was gross. I forget what Clayton got, but he wasn't too happy either.

Overall Gut Feeling: As you can probably guess, we did not like this place much. It had no character, bad food, forgettable service....no diner feeling at all. I think we gave it a 1.2. bleh