Ah, the Diner...

No matter how old I get, I still get super-excited whenever I'm heading to a diner. Even while staring at the 9,000 items on the menu, I know I'm gonna be getting an omelette, some sausage, hash browns and extra rye toast. OR - a patty melt! Diners are a big part of my online food porn addiction.

And I'm not the only one dreaming of going back to the diner:

Now, at some point almost every day, I imagine eating toast and eggs and pancakes and hash-brown potatoes. I think about the little ceremonies and rituals that go into a Giant Diner Breakfast. I even miss that moment when, at a new diner, you aren’t sure if it’s a place where you pay the server or you walk up to pay at a register.

It’s one way to cope, I guess. Maybe I can’t shake the idea of the breakfast because it’s almost as useful as the breakfast itself: It’s a way to feel a little bit better about things and to remind myself how lucky I really am.

There are countless hours of YouTube videos on diners out there, but I in particularly love this one I watched a few months ago, done by the same guy who did the classic films A Hot Dog Program and Sandwiches You Will Like (one of which I actually made some years ago!).