When Antoinette Chloe Brownelli – known as ACB or Antoinette Chloe, never just Antoinette – comes to her friend, Trixie Matkowski, about building a drive-in, Trixie fears it means more competition for her Silver Bullet vintage diner in Sandy Harbor. Although Trixie is relieved Antoinette Chloe only wants an authentic old-school drive-in, that comfort is short-lived.
The last time we slid back in time it was to 1950 and I was pedaling around town on my J.C. Higgins 'Hiawatha' bike, checking out the auto dealerships around Reedley. Today we are going to slide back to 1958, while "cruizin" in my 1940 Ford Coupe.
Where do you eat when you don’t want to cook? Where do you go when you want good, old-fashioned food that isn’t in a paper bag? There are the family-style diners, where you can get bacon and eggs or a steak dinner, open up to 24 hours a day. This Food Quest explores a sampling of these restaurants. The goal was to choose simple, basic food that would show the strengths and weaknesses of each chain.
