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Friday, January 27, 2012

How one diner penalizes dieters

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If you want extra spinach in your omelet, The Ridge Diner will charge you 50 cents more.


At The Ridge Diner, the Greek Omelet with potatoes and toast is $7.95. 


But if you're on a diet and trying to limit your intake of whole eggs, you'll pay 75 cents more for egg whites. If you want more healthy spinach in the omelet, that will be an extra 50 cents.


If you ask the waitress to hold the potatoes and toast, as I did, nothing will be deducted, so you might as well ask for them to go.


I paid $9.20 for that omelet on Thursday, plus another $1.45 for coffee. If there was extra spinach, I couldn't tell.


So, if you're on a diet, The Ridge Diner may not be for you. 


The restaurant was packed around 1 on Thursday afternoon and I had to wait for a parking space and then a table.


The Ridge Diner, 125 Kinderkamack Road, Park Ridge;
201-391-4242. Small parking lot.




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