Connecticut..Ridgefield..."Country Diner"

I was in connecticut for a week and had to find a place for breakfast. The Country Diner is not a diner nor is it really in the country. Its in a strip mall next to the Rugged Bear childrens clothing store. The address is 199 Ethan Allen Highway in Ridgefield (on Rt. 7) . Plastic flowers are the designer decor and New England coffee is served. The owner, is as most small joints, Greek and he and his wife and son run the place. The first a.m. I had a western omelet, the second day, oatmeal, the 3rd and 4th day, eggs over easy and bacon. The 5th day, I went elsewhere and came back the next day (the 5th day is not worth reporting)and repeated breakfast as before. All my breakfasts were well prepared, timely and plentiful. The potatoes were home made ( a very important criteria) and the price was reasonable.The coffee was hot and it did not require me to ask for a second cup.

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About 20 years ago, I came upon a green ugly shack somewhere on Kiawah island, Georgia that I would have never walked into except there were expensive cars in front and so i went in...the food was prepared by a retired sous chef from the Greenbriar Hotel and I have never forgotten that meal ...so , now 20 years later, I have established this blog site for those restaurants that on the outside look crummy but inside are good...so I invite all of you out there to participate...how?post your recommendations for restaurants that on the outside, you are hesitant, and even inside, may not be worth looking at...BUT the food is good...thats the whole idea...no fast food places, no franchise places, just good family run joints...tell us all about them at any length and with any comments that you think you want to say...lets see what we come up with..in the title, use a location (state, city ..whatever) ..be as specific as you can and lots of details..what you ate, what the price was...anything and everything goes....

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