Dinner -- 06/14/09

Dining Car
8826 Frankford Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19136

215.338.5113

$

Jim: Creamed chicken soup, roast turkey, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, carrots, iced tea

Ramona: Vegetable beef soup, roast turkey, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, candied yams, iced tea

The Dining Car is another of our favorite spots to go in Philadelphia. Jim and I both indulged in their great turkey dinner. Seems like the turkey portion was twice as big as the one we had at Cracker Barrel the week before. Jim's mother was able to repay him for his mushroom taunt that morning. She had lima beans in her vegetable beef soup!

Trip to Philadelphia -- Dinner -- 1/10/08

Dining Car
8826 Frankford Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215.338.5113

6:40 -- 8:00 PM

Ramona: Corn chowder, salmon croquettes, potato pancakes, cole slaw, rolls, iced tea.

Jim: Corn chowder, roast turkey, mashed potatoes, corn fritters, rolls, iced tea.

This diner is one of my parents' favorite places to eat, so when we arrived in Philly for a wedding, we took them out to eat. I never miss a chance to have a turkey dinner, and Dining Car has one of the best -- there was plenty of meat, extra cranberry sauce, and poppy seed rolls. Ramona's mother made salmon croquettes, but these were a different shape, and she liked them.
Diner food is, of course, a staple of Philadelphia eats, and the food is usually great, low priced, and plentiful.

-Jim