Exploring the universal love for the greasy spoon

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View on web  Hey everyone,   There are two types of people in this world: the type who can name their favorite local greasy spoon and when they last went there, and the type who can do that for every city and town that they frequent. You either love mom-and-pops or you can't get enough, and I won't hear otherwise.    And that's why I've had such an especially good time reading Eater's Diner Week this week. Lille Allen/Eater The mom-and-pop/greasy spoon/diner is a restaurant genre that unites so many regions and cultures in this country. The Korean American Cafe Cameo in Portland, Oregon, the Filipino casino diner just south of San Francisco, and the American/Mexican/Ethiopian cafe in Southern California all fit the bill. Diners are places where the food doesn't have to be phenomenal (though it can be!) and where the menu is infinitely malleable, so long as you have eggs over easy. They're about comfort, and they're about community (and all-ages, all-hours accessibility).   Across the sites, we explore foodstuffs like scrapple, ham steak, and coney islands; have odes to icons like Ollie's Trolly, the Waverly Diner, and Vegas's Peppermill Restaurant and Fireside Lounge; offer an appreciation of Jersey diners in general and a video about Tops Diner in Jersey specifically; and consider why, exactly, we love crappy old restaurants. I highly recommend you go to your local Eater city site and read through for local characters, profiles, and recommendations. And if you have a favorite diner story, send it my way at amanda@eater.com.   Please read on for some other favorite stories this week and a special programming note for New Yorkers at the end. ON EATER Here are our anticipated restaurant openings for the season in New Orleans, Twin Cities, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, and Las Vegas. Padma Lakshmi is leaving Top Chef. The San Francisco Chronicle hired a new restaurant critic. Members-only club the Soho House already announced plans for Portland, Oregon, and now it's going to Charleston. Seminal Los Angeles restaurant Animal closed after 15 years in business. Chef Darryl Bell will bring Kansas City-style barbecue to Napa with summer at Stateline Road Smokehouse. | John Troxell How food influencers and bloggers are dealing with the haters online these days. Greta Lee's favorite LA restaurants.  A dispatch from Texas's legendary Rose Room, where the show goes on despite a wave of anti-drag legislation across the country. This week on our podcast partner Gastropod, they look at why and how pineapples became a status symbol in the early 1700s. OFF EATER Punch published its excellent annual package on wine that is defining the current moment. [Punch] J.J. Goode explored what "dad food" looks like in 2023. [NYT] The parent company of Instant Pot filed for bankruptcy. [The Verge] Food tattoos have gone mainstream. [Taste] And finally, for those of you in New York this weekend, we partnered with Mastercard to create a store packed with cool food gifts and ingredients from our favorite small business owners. 100 percent of the purchase price of each item will be donated to Stand Up To Cancer.  If you aren't subscribed to this newsletter, you can sign up right here. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe.   View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2023. All rights reserved.