There are basically three things I order at a diner: a Belgian waffle, a spinach and swiss cheese omelette or a hamburger and fries. My expectation is high for each -- as there was always good fare on the east side at the two diners I frequented: Amity (Madison between 84th and 85th) and Nectar (on the SW corner of 82nd and Madison). Tonight I ordered a hamburger and fries. I asked for pickles -- which is somewhat Proustian for me -- reminding me of my childhood eating hamburgers with sliced pickles loaded with ketchup at the swimming pool's snack bar in Franklin, Michigan. Alas, West Way Cafe has no pickles. But they do serve their hamburgers with lettuce, sliced tomatoes and a side of cole slaw in a little plastic cup.
The hamburger was good. Ordered medium, it was juicy with just the right amount of pink in the center. The fries were well crisped on the outside and soft on the inside. And the slaw -- chopped cabbage in a milky sauce held a faint taste of horseradish.
The burger and fries came to $8.85.
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