Old-Fashioned Small Town Diners

How many of you enjoy dining from time to time at an old-fashioned diner? I know they’re more common in small towns and we often look for them when we’re traveling.

In the northeast you can still find a good diner. When it comes to the city, they’re much harder to find. There are websites online that can help you locate them if you plan on doing any traveling.

The Capitol Diner is located in the suburbs of Harrisburg Pennsylvania and was made famous when Hillary Clinton held a small rally there several years ago. (cough, cough, I’m no fan of Mrs. Clinton, so I didn’t attend). It’s the diner that I’m featuring in my post today.

Anyway, I think diners get a bad wrap of having greasy food and dirty establishments and frankly, I find that to NOT be true. When we travel, we often will stop at various diners to grab a quick bite to eat and to use the facilities.

The majority of the diners that we stumble upon have great tasting food and are very clean. On top of that, their food is usually very affordable too. One of the things I love about visiting good old-fashioned diners is that often times they serve some of my favorite comfort foods like meatloaf, grilled chicken, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs, etc.

What’s great about America is that a large portion of diners located in our great country are owned by small business owners and are not affiliated with large chain restaurants. I firmly believe that we all need to do more to help support small business owners in our country.

So, today…I would like to hear your thoughts on diners. Do you enjoy visiting them? Do you feel that they get a bad wrap? Do you have any favorites that you would recommend to others? What type of food do you typical order?