This Week's Counter: Mary's Diner in Geneva

A couple weeks ago, a friend recommended Mary's Diner out in Geneva.  So when we happened to be making a trip to Mentor, we decided to drive the extra 20 minutes East and give it a try.  If you are going to Geneva-on-the-Lake, you have to pass through downtown Geneva, and Mary's is located just a bit to the East.

This one is a classic diner, all chrome on the outside, and linoleum on the inside.  Pretty spacious and very clean.  It's decorated with a lot of 50's and 60's memorabilia and seems to attract a crowd of locals and bikers (or bikers who are locals).  It was surprisingly quiet at lunchtime on the Saturday when we visited, so there was no problem getting seats at the large and comfortable counter.

Mary's has a great menu for both breakfast and lunch -- really wide variety of choices. Cam had to try the chicken fingers and fries, which he deemed to be pretty good (but not at the top of his all-time list).  Ted had his usual eggs, potatoes and toast, but with the addition of bratwurst from the West Side Market -- something you don't generally see on a breakfast menu.  It was a great combination -- the bratwurst was really good and the rest was pretty OK.  Service throughout was very friendly, but unfortunately the food was VERY slow coming out, surprising given the place was not crowded.

Glad we made the trip out to Mary's -- Geneva is a nice little town and it was fun to go somewhere different.  Good place if you want a classic diner experience.

            

Cam says: "Very traditional diner atmosphere with good food. Service was slow but the counter was very comfortable. I give this one 8 frying pans."



Ted says: "Maybe a good place to go for a road trip in the summer. Super-friendly service, but a bit slow. Food was good -- not standout, but solid. I'll go with.6 frying pans."