Greasy Spoons
Welcome to "Greasy Spoons". The purpose of this page is to promote those fine eating establishments that have the reputaiton of being "greasy spoons"; their food is excellent and the price is right.
Everybody is familar with Burger King, Dairy Queen, Taco Bell, .... They are also known as fast food places or instant heartburn, etc. Also, a lot of people know about ***** (stars) restaurants. If they even serve something so common as a hamburger, they would probably call it "Le Ham-beau-ger" and charge you $50.00, if you wanted cheese, that would be another $10.00.
The reason for this outlandish price is because the Chef spent 6 weeks learning how to prepare it
(not smart enough to learn the task in 5 minutes :-) ). I was a short order cook in a Drive In "way back" in `58 & `59. The owner took me behind the counter and said something like this: "This is an apron, wear it. This is a grill, cook hamburgers on it. This is a spatula, flip the hamburgers with it but don't flip them on the floor. This is a hamburger patty. Put it on the grill and cook it. When it is done, take it off the grill and put it on a bun. If you have more buns than hamburgers, put more patties on the grill. And if you are smart enough to remember all that, later I'll teach you how to make the hamburger patties." This took all of 5 minutes. I do not remember for sure, but I THINK a hamburger with everything, including cheese, was $0.35. The customer received a nice big hamburger delivered by a car hop and all the grease he could swallow. You must realize that this was back before the medical experts knew everything there was to know.
There are still a few places like the Drive In that I worked in around the great US of A. And because I the think the medical experts are full of the stuff that farmers speard on their fields and is all natural, made by cattle, I am taking in upon myself to promote good eating establishments.
P.S. My boss's motto was, "Feed `em, don't fatten `em"
This page was started in December, 1998 and will end when I have all greasy spoons in the U.S. listed or until I'm sued for more than $5.00 which will bankrupt me and I go out of business.
A Few I've Known and Loved
One place always comes to mind whenever I think of "greasy spoon". That place is Los Ojos Bar and Grill in Jemez Springs, NM. Probably what drew me there was, at that time, the only place to eat and the other factor is the Bar. It has wood floors and wooden tables and chairs. They are probably the table and chairs that were put in there when the place was built, c. 1930 (which is only a guess).
My wife and I stopped to eat at Los Ojos back in `88. When we told the waitress that we would like a steak, she informed us that she didn't know how to fix a steak, but she could fix a "mean" hamburger. So, we ordered the Famous Jemez Burger with black olives (standard) and cheese. The burger was huge and the serving of fries was huge. The plate was full and overflowing. There was, of course, lots of grease on the plate after we finished. The Famous Jemez Burger, fries, a drink and tip was less than $15.00.
Around `76, `77, my wife and I are driving from Minnesota to Georga. I don't like the Interstate unless the weather is bad. This was during the summer, so I drove on my favorite roads, the 2 lane road, though the country side. We stopped in Arkansas or Misouri for breakfast. Again, this place had a wood floor, wooden tables and chairs, too. Everything looked old. With our breakfast, we had toast. The waitress and cook and probably the owner asked if we wanted jam or jelly with out toast. We said, "Yes". She went out the back door and came back in a few minutes with a mason jar in her hand and wiping the dust off with her apron. She pulled the wax off the top and sat it on the table. It was darn good! And yes, the eggs were greasy and the fried patatos were greasy; to reiterate, it was darn good and the price was right!
These are the kind of places I'm looking for. If you have a "greasy spoon" that you would like to share with others, please send the details, name, address, phone number and whatever else, i.e., approximate date visited.
My idea is to arrange these "greasy spoons" by state. Looking foreward to hearing from you.
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