The Diner, Washington, D.C.

Ian and I have a bad habit of going out to dinner late. It limits our options a bit, but, as you can see, neither of us are starving.

One night last week, we went to The Diner in Adams-Morgan, one of the very, very few places open 24/7 in D.C. I generally like their food, though they can be a little "creative" for a diner. Their establishment has the added plus of having a full bar. It can get very crowded and very noisy at times, though.

On this visit, Ian had a grilled gruyere cheese sandwich with French fries (Swiss cheese, Belgian potatoes....how all-American diner!). It looked good, and there was an ample quantity of cheese on the bread. He said he was still hungry, but he didn't order dessert or get anything else to eat.


I had the "holiday stuffer," a blue plate special-type dish with roast turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and slices of a pork-spiked dressing, plus some haricots verts on the side. It was, as expected, delicious. I thought perhaps the turkey was sliced from a commercially prepared turkey "breast" instead of being pieces from a recently roasted whole bird, but it was still tasty I actually liked the dressing, too—usually I find restaurant dressing to be either too bland or too sagey.