Back in the early 1950's, a family opened a small diner downtown. They called their small diner: The White Knight Diner. The small diner, held about 16-18 people and was situated at a busy intersection of what is now near 18th and Olive. From what you can see now, driving about, this was perhaps the only restaurant for many years downtown. Unlike other restaurants that come and go downtown, this diner has been open, since the 1950's. It wasn't closed down for a bit through the years, it wasn't closed down to remodel it and it doesn't even close down when the weather is bad. The diner is there and looks just like it did, 60 something years ago.
What you have inside, is a large American Flag, lots of pictures and other memorabilia, white metal sheets on the walls and ceiling and a small cook's line behind a counter. It looks like any other diner would. But while it may look like it has been stuck in a time warp for the past half century, the food is great and it has very reasonable prices. They serve lunch and breakfast all day and even have a Facebook and Foursquare page, which is always a plus.
What you have inside, is a large American Flag, lots of pictures and other memorabilia, white metal sheets on the walls and ceiling and a small cook's line behind a counter. It looks like any other diner would. But while it may look like it has been stuck in a time warp for the past half century, the food is great and it has very reasonable prices. They serve lunch and breakfast all day and even have a Facebook and Foursquare page, which is always a plus.
So, what did I order? Well, it was 10:20 on a Wednesday morning. My wife was at the dentist downtown and I had time to spare. Whenever we are downtown, for one reason or another, we see this diner but have never gone in, much less I never knew that it was even there or had been there this long! Basically, I walked in to look around, I was still full from my breakfast at 9:00 am and decided to try to order a burger and see how it was. I mean, the burger was 1/4 pound and was only $2.59! So, I ordered it and when I got it, it tasted great. It was a simple but perfect burger, like the kind you would get at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries. It was just a simple burger and cooked right and with all of the other things on the bun, it was just perfect for a mid morning snack, or second breakfast as my wife would put it.
So, what did I think? I would give the burger a simple 3 and 1/2 out of 5 stars. Was it high tech? No. Was it something new that I had never had? No. Was it good and would I order it again? Yes. Would I suggest it and this place to others? Yes. It was actually so good, that even though I was still full and not very hungry, I wasn't expecting to eat the whole thing and I did anyway. It was very good.
If you are downtown, and looking for a good burger, don't go to TGI Fridays and don't go to Hooters: Go to White Knight Diner.
What is cool about this place, is that a coworker who worked downtown many-many years ago, used to eat there. Same food, different time.
ReplyDeletethis diner was on travel channel as 1 of 101 amazing places to eat in US--never knew they did sliders (breakfast like Hodges [RIP] when I lived there.
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