Joe Juniors fabulous diner

After checking into to our 1½ star hotel, which is supricingly nice considering, we went in search of food.

As is the case all over NY there is a multitude of food joints around. As always we tend to go for the authentic and sligthly quirky. And after perrusing the choices we where caught by the rustic and distinctly local feel of Joe Jr's Diner.

The interior that greeted us reaked of Hillstreet Blues and similar eigthies shows, a long bar with stools and a selection of homemade pies in a cooler catches my eyes as I find a table by the window in the small and worn dining area.

The menu contained classic NY stables such as philly cheese steaks, bagels galore and a healthy selection of seafood.

I went for the philly and Mia chose a selection of broiled seafoods.

As with most diners, the food was accompanied by a choice of soup or salad, Mia had the salad and I had the chicken noodle soup. The salad was crips and fresh and the chicken noodle soup brougth images of grandmothers homecooked bliss to mind.

The service was top notch, curtious, present and personal. As can be expeted when your inncome is based directly on your service performance.

We had a chance to chat a little with Abel in the pre-diner rush wait. Joe Juniors opened its doors to the public in 1973, at that times run by a greek family. Today the owner is the same, however retired, and the crew is now a group of mexican desendants.