November 17, 2002: Diet Coke, cup of cream of turkey soup, turkey burger deluxe at the Tiffany Diner, 1045 State Hwy No. 17, Ramsey, NJ. The morning after my friends the Scotts got married, we went to a traditional chromed exterior diner (the inside was clean but not as pretty... lots of mirrors). On the front of their menu, the Tiffany Diner calls themselves "New Jersey's Favorite Family Restaurant". They, of course, don't mention who named them that (NJ Monthly's Reader's Choice Awards had actually named a Tiffany Diner in Pine Brook "Best Family Restaurant-North" in 1999 but we were in Ramsey).

The soup was non-descript. The kind of soup you get at the college dining hall. And the satisfactory burger did not come with any pickle or slaw. The fries weren't bad but the gravy that I got was flavorless except for the flour aftertaste. On the bright side, the scrambled eggs that Lucky got was with a real slice of ham, not those slivers you usually get in a diner and there was a cute little baby sleeping by the table next to me.