Park Cities Diner to Open Labor Day
As I mentioned almost exactly one month ago, The Front Room: A Park Cities Dinner is slated to open soon.
So soon, in fact, that it will open on Monday. Labor Day. Nothing like opening a restaurant on a holiday dedicated to honoring the contributions of workers. Anyway, like I said Aug. 1, the Hotel Lumen eatery must include these three things to be counted as a diner in my eyes:
– gyro
– strawberry shake
– disco fries
The menu skews a bit classier — short ribs, parmesan fries, edamame hummus — but we’ll see.
This is what comes to mind when thinking about what defines a diner:
* Counter with stools(non-negotiable), booths at the windows, mini jukebox at the tables
* All the coffee you can handle, and then some
* Case filled with cakes, pastries, etc. (although in my life, I have never seen someone order cake at a diner, certainly not enough to justify the 20 cakes in the case)
* A jar at the checkout with toothpicks and those candies with the jelly inside
* All checks should be paid at the checkout counter, NOT given to the waitress.
* Breakfast served all day
* A holder on the table with jelly/ jam in plastic little tubs that you peel off the faux foil top
* The menu has to be laminated and at least 10 pages to cover the entire world cuisine spectrum (Goulash/ Pancakes/ Pot Roast/ Grilled Cheese/ etc.). It should weigh about 5 pounds, and have an elastic band in the binding to hold it together
* Every meal should come with cole slaw and pickles
* Greeks
XT-that just about sounds like Cindi’s. Yum