Syracuse Sandwich: Thee Diner's Breakfast Sandwich

Who: Thee Diner What: Breakfast Sandwich
Where: Route 31, Cicero Phone: 699-7498‎ Website: None
Parking: Yes Accepts Credit Cards: Yes W/Charge Take-Out: Yes Delivery: No

     Christine’s birthday was yesterday and we had a full day planned that included going out for breakfast. We hadn’t been to Thee Diner in a while so I thought that would be a good place to start the day. We arrived around 9 to an almost empty parking lot aside from the students from CNS that park there. There were a few people at the counter and not many people in the booths. We took a table towards the back and scanned over the menus that were already at the table. Thee Diner has pretty good prices and the food isn’t bad either. Christine ordered a cheese omelet with a side of toast and home fries. I ordered an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich with sausage on a roll along side an order of home fries. We noticed that a lot of the regulars, whose faces are on the menu, were sitting at the counter talking. The one waitress that was working seemed to be friendlier and more attentive to them than she was to us. No matter though, I wasn’t there for the service, I was there for a good breakfast sandwich.

     When our breakfasts came, I could tell that this sandwich just wasn’t going to do it. The roll it came on was right out of the bag and it wasn’t toasted. I assumed it would come toasted or at least warmed up, but I guess one shouldn’t assume. I had the choice of a bagel which in hindsight should have been my choice. The sausage had no spice to it which made it rather bland and the slice of American cheese did little to compliment it. The one saving grace of this sandwich was that the egg wasn’t a scrambled patty but a folded fried egg. It was cooked to over hard so there was not runny yolk but at least it was a fried. The sandwich didn’t fill me up but I had the home fries to eat still. They were okay, certainly not the best I have had. Christine couldn’t finish the huge omelet that was filled with mozzarella cheese so I had a few bites of that as well. Next time I’ll have to stay away from the breakfast sandwich.

Rating: Satisfying - Change the sausage to bacon and the roll to a bagel and we may have something.