NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:17:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu pgh.food:12600 Well, I'm sure you will all be excited to hear that my cat, Lucy, (a Russian Blue) got a "Best Cat" final in one ring this past weekend. I was thrilled. I celebrated by having dinner after the show on Sunday at Morgan's Eastland Diner. It was delicious. Everything is prepared when you order it. I had their chicken dinner which was one of day's the specials and is one of their specialties. Three large meaty pieces of chicken friend to a crispy golden brown, homemade real mashed potatoes with gravy, coleslaw (a very unusual coleslaw - quite a zingy flavor and extremely crunchy - couldn't quite figure out what all was in it but I suspected some raw onion, finely minced), and 2 fresh-from-the-oven hot hard rolls. The prices unfortunately are a little higher than typical diner prices but still not that bad. I drove home the long way (422 east to 28, then south to Harmarville) to check out the Summit Diner on 422. It was either closed for the day or out of business. I had called there last week to make sure of their hours and had gotten a recording saying the number was temporarily out of service. At the show I asked a couple of people from the Butler area if they knew anything but no one had heard that they had closed or anything. Also, at Morgan's I saw a sign about buckwheat pancakes and whole hog sausage as one of their specialties for breakfast. The waitress said they make the buckwheat pancakes the old-fashioned way with a sourdough starter. I'll have to get up there sometime for breakfast and give them a try. Anyway, I also stopped at the Venus diner on route 8 on the way home from the show on Sat. I had the roasted lamb special. It was pretty bad. The meat was gamy (like mutton) and the stuffing, aside from the fact that is was chock full of celery and onions, which I hate in my stuffing) was really nasty and soggy. I like my stuffing very moist but not soggy! The potatoes were instant which I wouldn't have minded all that much if everything else had been tasty. The gravy was not good either. I just didn't like the flavor. Store-bought, mediocre, roll. It was probably my fault for getting lamb, since I'm *very* picky about my lamb. But the rest of the meal wasn't very good so I'm not so sure anything else would have been any better. Kate
Pennsylvania
Diners near Butler
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:11:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu pgh.food:12646 From Butler, go east on 422 a couple of miles. Exit at the route 68 exit (I'm not sure if the exit sign also mentions route 38). Anyway, go north on 68 about 1/4 mile then then take the 38 north exit off of 68. Immediately on your left is a small shopping plaza called Morgans. The diner is in the shopping plaza to the left of the entrance. The actual diner building is attached to a regular building but you can still see the whole stainless steel front and sides of the diner. Kate PRichter1 wrote: > >I celebrated by having dinner after the > >show on Sunday at Morgan's Eastland > >Diner. It was delicious. Everything is > >prepared when you order it. > > Kate, > > Congratulations on your cat. > Where is this diner??? > > Thanks, Priscilla