On the way home, we were looking for something to eat, and we stopped off of the Pine Grove exit on I-81 coming up through Schuylkill County. We noticed that there was a relatively new place there. The name?
"Diner."
Yep. That's it. You can't get any more generic than that!
So, we wanted something more substantial than a McDonald's or Subway, so we decided to stop and have a meal at "Diner".
Michelle got a hot dog and fries. I got the "breaded chicken tenderloin" platter.
Otherwise, chicken fingers.
The total, with drinks, was $20. The chicken fingers were fine, but there's both "chicken fingers" and "breaded chicken tenderloin" on the menu. Seemingly, there's no difference in what they are, even though the chicken fingers are roughly $3 cheaper. It came with some mediocre Italian Wedding Soup, fries, and applesauce that was apparently the "no sugar added" kind, because it tasted as bland as bland could be.
The hot dog was almost $6 and not worth it. Michelle was expecting, for the price, a nice, big, meaty all-beef dog. Instead, it looked like it came from a regular pack of Berks Hot Dogs. This was a $15 meal for two at best. The fries were the same fries you could have anywhere.
The worst part was that the waitresses obviously didn't want our business. They had an attitude, not just to us, but to the whole of the restaurant. And to a point, I get it. It's Year's Day, you want to be home with your families, but instead, you're working at a lame diner that literally only has the name "Diner" on its facade. Still, I expect at least some professionalism.
Lesson learned? Avoid generically named places like "Diner".
"Diner"
(aka Gooseberry Farms Travel Plaza, thanks to Google)
490 Suedberg Road, Pine Grove, PA 17963-8830(570) 345-8800
No comments:
Post a Comment