Tastee Diner, Bethesda, Md.

We don't always eat "gourmet" and "high end" foods at fancy restaurants. In fact, I actually have a great interest in greasy spoons and diners, but Svet is too much of a snob to eat diner food, Leo doesn't like American food and won't go, Ian doesn't eat red meats, etc., etc., etc., so I never get to go.

Fortunately, dear nephew likes diner food. Must be an Oklahoma thing. One day during his visit, we Metroed all the way up to Bethesda to the Tastee Diner, one of those classic American diners.

Ryan had breakfast, one of the usual and traditional menu offerings of the diner. He ordered a breakfast plate with two eggs over easy, two patties of sausage, fried potatoes, and a biscuit, plus an order of chocolate chip pancakes. He couldn't eat it all.



I had the turkey and dressing blue plate special that included mashed pototoes, gravy, pickled beets, cranberry sauce, and biscuits. Yum. I do like a restaurant that isn't afraid to use a little gravy on the plate.