After years of waiting, the Town Talk Diner re-opened with a whole new interior, staff, menu and owners. I was meaning to get there earlier, but even a week and a half after day one, I was treated like a king. Everyone from the bartender to the owners were introducing themselves to me and making sure my experience was great, along with getting to know me on a first name basis without being intrusive. Throughout the whole visit I was sure that they knew I was “that guy that lives near here that writes stuff and takes photos with that phone and puts it all on his website” by the way I was served.
Drinks range from little 7oz bottles to premium brews to a 40oz of Mickey’s to $9 “Adult Malts/Floats.” I got one with OJ, Triple Sec and Grey Goose Vodka and it served in a glass with a stem but almost too heavy to carefully lift to drink. Awesome. Very nicely prepared. I dig.
Interior was modern. Respect to the old diner feel but not cliche and still very new. I was incredibly surprised to hear music from the forthcoming Flaming Lips album which is in no way released yet. Never thought I’d hear that in the wild before April.
Bartender ordered my sandwich wrong and he figured it out when the cook was bringing it out to me. He apologized and Managing Partner Tim Niver gave me a special visit on my side of the bar to make sure everything was ok, and I was still okay with my drink.
Before the sandwich I ordered came out, they brought me some mustard pickled eggs on the house. Nicely prepared and unique taste.
By the time I got my food, everyone seemed to know me on a first name basis. I enjoyed my sandwich and fries and before I signed out and left, the staff really wanted to make sure I enjoyed my food and had a good time. Tim gave me his business card as well at the end of our conversation. Can’t say that’s ever happened to me at a restaurant.
I am coming back and bringing friends… or a date.
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Y’all call them “mustard picked eggs” over there? We call them “deviled eggs” here.
Posted 01 Mar 2006 at 10:35 ¶Wow, I must’ve just missed you! Looks like you were even sitting in the same stool I was.
I loved it, too.
Posted 02 Mar 2006 at 01:13 ¶That is one fancy totem pole sticking out of your samich.
Posted 02 Mar 2006 at 10:02 ¶We went there a week ago and were underwhelmed. The food wasn’t that good, the menu was confused, pricey, and lacking, and they didn’t even have tap beer. The place was fairly dead and the wide open space of the non-diner room made it seem even emptier than it was.
To top it off, the waitress kind of spaced out, didn’t bring Tricia’s wine for at least 20 minutes, and the food took a very long time to come out, even though the place was crawling with staff and very few customers.
I didn’t try the after-dinner peanut-chocolate desert glob, but Tricia hated it.
I hope they get their act together, because I really like that neighborhood and want to see good things there. But so far, the restaurants around there are too expensive for the quality of the food and experience.
Posted 07 Mar 2006 at 16:38 ¶Joe W is way off. Town Talk Diner is probably my favorite restaurant in the entire twin cities area. The staff there is the most friendly I’ve experienced at a restaurant. The reviews for town talk have been ridiculously good. It literally is the talk of the town. I’ve tried a bunch of things on the menu and haven’t been dissapointed once.
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