Wrote off the Saturday 7am meet at the diner on Route 9, then I finally went
I always thought the early crowd at the Route 9 diner was just retirees and their stock Mustangs. Then a guy rolled in with a rat rod he built in his garage and let my kid sit in it for 10 minutes. Now I'm there by 7:15 with a thermos, so what's the best coffee spot on your side of town?
Man, I gotta push back on the whole 7am diner thing. You lost your Saturday morning sleep-in for a rat rod and a thermos of coffee you could've made at home for like 40 cents? That's a bad trade. Half those early car guys are just there to one-up each other about who rebuilt what, and the coffee is always that burnt diner sludge that sits on the burner since 5am. I'll take my own kitchen, my own mug, and my kid in his own bed till 9 any day. Some habits are worth breaking before they set in.