Silver Diner, Bethesda, Md.

Robert had a 40% off coupon to use at Old Navy this week, so he wanted to go to White Flint Mall and environs tonight to shop. So, off we went, way up to the Maryland suburbs in the five o'clock rush hour subway traffic. It was dinner time, so we opted to stop in at the Bethesda store of the national "classic American food" chain Silver Diner.

This being Friday and all (it's a Catholic thing) and since our mission was Old Navy, we opted for seafood. Robert started with a basket of fried clam strips, the had a bacon cheeseburger with hickory sauce and cheddar cheese.


Meanwhile, I just had the Friday night blue plate special, the "crispy fried shrimp platter." The shrimp was tasty. It came with a bowl of nondescript cole slaw and a tiny, tiny serving of French fries.


I ended up ordering dessert, a slice of their "Five Pound Apple Pie," with ice cream, of course. The pie is good, being particularly stuffed full of apple slices, though my criticism is always the same: they need to bake the pie longer so the apples are softer.


Robert had never before had an egg cream, so that's what he got for his dessert. I think he was a bit disappointed with it. I've never been impressed with them, and I don't understand why they are so "popular" (or at least allegedly popular) in New Jersey and New York City. For those of you who've never had one, they are just a mixture of chocolate milk and either club soda or seltzer water, and there isn't any egg in them at all.