Re: Why so few ff places in the northeast?

In article <srhi-67F734.23521509012008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Shawn
Hirn <srhi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


> 
> You might be right. We also have great diners, which I don't believe 
> exist at all in the western states. Some diners have great burgers, but 
> they are definitely not fast food.

We have diners. Even a chain version of them called "Margie's Diner,"
seen in many of the same locations In-N-Out is located.

(And such canonical Western places as Denny's, Sambo's, and IHOP all
started in California. They are essentially diners, albeit not in
railroad cars.)

There are also authentic "train car" kinds of diners in several big
cities, including ones in downtown San Francisco. For exactly the same
reason as on the east coast, these tend to be downscale places.

A Santa Rosa restaurant owner even has a show on "Food Network" called
"Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins," where he visits various places. He
recently visited several diners in California.

And also the Felafel Drive-In in San Jose, a place I started going to
in the 1970s.

BTW, there are also diners out in places like Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
etc.

Tim May