Roadside Diners
Have you ever stopped at a roadside diner?
No, I'm not talking about any form of franchised chain of diners, I'm talking about those little trailers that turn up in laybys on our countries A-roads.
There's one near where I live that has sprung up fairly recently. It's there in the morning, on the wrong side of the dual carriageway. It's advertised as Louise's Diner. I have passed it on the way to work this week and during that entire time I have only seen one person in the vicinity of the counter and I strongly suspect that this may have been Louise's boyfriend.
I glimpsed Louise on Friday, standing behind the counter with her head in her hands and her elbows resting on the serving top.
Stopping for breakfast in a layby at a kitchen pulled behind a rusty white van would never ever be on my agenda. It just seems to be a one way ticket to food poisoning. This is probably very unfair and there is probably some very good chow being made in Louise's Diner. I could well be missing out on some top grub. Moreover stopping 5 minutes after leaving home to buy breakfast and then to sit and eat it in the car in a layby of a busy road just doesn't sound like an enjoyable dining experience.
Maybe I will just have to stop and try a bacon and egg buttie one day...it might be worth the risk.
If you know any good roadside diners I would love to hear about them.
No, I'm not talking about any form of franchised chain of diners, I'm talking about those little trailers that turn up in laybys on our countries A-roads.
There's one near where I live that has sprung up fairly recently. It's there in the morning, on the wrong side of the dual carriageway. It's advertised as Louise's Diner. I have passed it on the way to work this week and during that entire time I have only seen one person in the vicinity of the counter and I strongly suspect that this may have been Louise's boyfriend.
I glimpsed Louise on Friday, standing behind the counter with her head in her hands and her elbows resting on the serving top.
Stopping for breakfast in a layby at a kitchen pulled behind a rusty white van would never ever be on my agenda. It just seems to be a one way ticket to food poisoning. This is probably very unfair and there is probably some very good chow being made in Louise's Diner. I could well be missing out on some top grub. Moreover stopping 5 minutes after leaving home to buy breakfast and then to sit and eat it in the car in a layby of a busy road just doesn't sound like an enjoyable dining experience.
Maybe I will just have to stop and try a bacon and egg buttie one day...it might be worth the risk.
If you know any good roadside diners I would love to hear about them.
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