Denny's Den (401 Smithfield St., downtown) is a 1950s diner-style restaurant. The menu features burgers (and, in a nod to the 1990s, turkey burgers), steak subs, tuna melts, sandwiches of various sorts (including club sandwiches and and reubens), soups, chili, and so forth. They also have pies, malted shakes, banana splits, sodas, and real cherry and vanilla cokes. The food is pretty good. I had a cheese steak and the friend I was with had a burger. The cheese steak was tasty (though not authentic Philly); my friend says the burger (a bacon cheese burger) was very good. And the vanilla cokes were done right. The prices are quite reasonable. A cheese burger with fries is under $4. They also serve breakfast, ranging from bacon and eggs and hot cakes, to eggs with fried capicola or wieners. (Now, if they'd only offer fried jumbo -- bologna for you foriegners reading this -- it'd be perfect.) Recommended for a nice low-cost downtown lunch. It's a nice change from the fast food burgers and fast food Chinese that dominates that downtown landscape. ****************************************************************** Jim Mann [email removed] Transarc Corporation Technical Writer -- Encina Programming Documentation The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 338-4442 http://www.transarc.com/~jmann/
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