[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by JoMar

For me...McDonalds Breakfast is not a great, or even a good breakfast. It is adequate when you are in a hurry. I can sit and read all day at McDonalds but if I want a coffee refill I have to go get it so a comparison to DD on breakfast atmosphers isn't close.

There are diners now in most cities, maybe a chain in some but all based on the diner model we know in the nothwest. Aside from the more extensive menu in those diners the model was the same as Darrels or most others that use the name diner.

Now if you mean to be a diner it need to be made of stainless or aluminum on the outside, with windows or have that art deco look I agree that isn't DD. Aside from that it provides what Walter Scott started, basic and simple fast food fare.

Nowhere did I mention McDonald's as a place for breakfast. Read what I wrote again.
I cited McDonald's as a place to go where you can sit forever with a just a soda (as an example), reading, etc., and no one will bother you.
Incidentally, McDonald's now serves you and if you want more coffee, they will bring it to you.

Menus in "real" diners are far from what you get at Darrell's. Many of them are open 24 hours and they all serve breakfast. lunch and dinner; not so at Darrell's.

In addition, all diners do not have the stainless or aluminum exterior look. But what they do have is home cooking, incredible cakes, pies and other desserts, all of which are homemade, as are their soups and dinners.

Yes, Darrell's does offer simple fast food and that's about it.

Darrell's vs. a real diner? . . .
No comparison and locally, there are far better and nicer places to go for breakfast.