Corner Cafe, Tulsa, OK

What is it about a diner that makes eating there so intrinsically satisfying? My friend Philip and I lunched at the Corner Cafe, a little diner in a dilapidated building at 11th and Peoria. If one doesn't mind the cemetery across the street, it has a lovely view of the downtown Tulsa skyline. I ate like a pig. The first course was an iceberg lettuce salad which contained a couple of dark red slices of a roma tomato which was actually ripe! The cafe makes their own ranch dressing--which is something we used to call buttermilk-herb dressing. The main course was three big slices of grilled calf liver and onions, with a mound of thick mashed potatoes and brown gravy sharing the plate. A side dish of blackeyed peas seasoned with bacon came, too. All of this food cost only $4.75! Philip turned his nose up at my liver (am I the only guy in the world who likes liver??) and ordered the grilled ham and cheese sandwich on Texas Toast, accompanied by a huge plateful of crispy French fries, and his lunch was only $3.85.