Last week we were watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on the Food Network and they happened to feature the Marietta Diner.  Now, anytime a local restaurant is featured on national TV we always make it a point to check it out and see what’s so special about it.  I really REALLY hate going out to the burbs for anything, but I figured I’d make an exception.  The Marietta Diner is owned by a Greek guy and half of the menu is Greek so that made it much more interesting than the typical diner.  It was a lot further out in Marietta than I thought, and once we got there there were tons of people waiting outside.  The cake/pie counter looked very promising, but we didn’t get a chance to try any of them because we were so full!  The portions were huge!  Too bad the food was a little disappointing.  Not terrible.  Not bad.  Just disappointing.  I guess I figured it would be spectacular since it was on TV, but it was just regular diner food.  Maybe my expectations were too high or maybe it was just what we ordered, but I’m not really motivated to drive out to Marietta again for a return visit.  The cool thing is that it’s open 24 hours.

I can’t remember the name of this… but it was the special featured on TV

Crabmeat Melt with Onion Rings