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Published: March 6, 2008Ned wasn't all that impressed with his hamburger, which arrived in a shiny metal basket sided with what we agreed were fabulous onion rings. "It's OK," he said of the burger. "Nothing extraordinary." Perhaps it was the surroundings that made him expect an extraordinary hamburger. Or maybe it was nostalgia: Many of the eight burger variations are named for the trains that used to rumble in and out of Union Station.
At lunch on the other occasion, our server encouraged Martha to order that day's special. I'm happy to report that the thick slab of meatloaf with mashed potatoes and brown gravy lived up to our high expectations.
I felt daring and ordered a Monte Cristo sandwich (called a Monte Christo here), which rarely shows up on a diner menu these days and is usually some half-realized variation of the real thing. But the Harvey House version is the classic thick, soft sandwich made with thinly sliced turkey, ham and Swiss cheese, dipped in egg batter and grilled. Richard ordered a soup-and-salad combo; he loved the tomato-basil soup but was, like me on that previous visit, underwhelmed by the salad. Fussy Kelly was easy to please for a change, ordering pancakes, eggs and bacon, which are served all day.
Richard couldn't resist a big ol' wedge of coconut-cream pie — a product of Golden Boy Bakeries, which supplies most of the diners in town. It was great, as Golden Boy pies always are.
"You like those pies?" Crooks asked me later.
Love 'em. They're not so good for my figure, but after eating diner food, I always keep my body unrevealed.
-Your Story brings to mind the following-. sent to me by my cousin Stewart Harvey The remaining bones of the once grand empire.
He that hath seen a great oak dry and dead,
Yet clad with relics of some trophies old,
Lifting to heaven her agéd hoary head,
Whose foot in ground hath left but feeble hold;
But half disbowel'd lies above the ground,
Showing her wreathéd roots, and naked arms,
And on her trunk all rotten and unsound
Only supports herself for meat of worms;
And though she owe her fall to the first wind,
Yet of the devout people is ador'd,
And many young plants spring out of her rind;
Who such an oak hath seen let him record
That such this city's honor was of yore,
And 'mongst all cities flourishéd much more.
Bellay via Spenser
I was the last member of the founding family to work for Fred Harvey (my Greatgrandfather) Daggett Harvey
Comment by Daggett Harvey — March 20, 2008 @ 04:03PM
I have to disagree with this article. Saturday, March 25th after an hour and a half looking through the Bodies exhibit. A co-worker and I went to Harvey's Diner for a bite to eat, it was about 3:30ish.
The service was terrible, the food not much better. Our waitress had a chin piercing under her lip that stuck out past her bottom lip, which was distracting in itself. Myself and a co-worker ordered a breakfest dinner. My biscuits and gravy tasted like yesterdays food, the biscuits weren't even open faced. I got hash browns which I did not order. I had to go to the counter myself to have someone refill my iced tea. My coworker requested fruit on the side of her pancakes, when delivered they were on top. All she got was a shrug from the waiter and was told she'd have to wait for another order if she didn't want the strawberries on the side. When our waitress brought our ticket she only giggled and said "I told them to put it on the side". We were not compensated.
I've emailed the manager of Harvey's Diner last week and have sense to hear from him. I guess that explains the service.
Comment by Jenny — March 25, 2008 @ 03:03PM
Correction our experience occured on Saturday, March 15 at 3:30ish.
And the waiter shrugged saying we'd have to wait on another order if she wanted the fruit on the side.
Comment by Jenny — March 25, 2008 @ 03:06PM