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[john]

Just noticed Ernie's was gone and is now $5 Diner. Any reports?

[traceyl]

Just noticed Ernie's was gone and is now $5 Diner. Any reports?

NO WAY!!!!!

[traceyl]

Okay, per their website, new name, same great owners!!

http://erniescoffeeshop.com/

[swmr545]

Like I said in the "watch list" thread, it's cheaper than other places. Paid $7 for a 3-egg omelette, whereas before I paid $8.95 for a 4-egg at Gold Miners. While only a $1.95 difference, it adds up over time

[Barb J]

Like I said in the "watch list" thread, it's cheaper than other places. Paid $7 for a 3-egg omelette, whereas before I paid $8.95 for a 4-egg at Gold Miners. While only a $1.95 difference, it adds up over time

Isn't that false advertising? Should it be $5.00??

Barb

[swmr545]

Isn't that false advertising? Should it be $5.00??

Barb

A basic omelette (I'm not sure what the 'basic' consists of) is $5, if you add to it, it costs extra. Hence a $7 Denver omelette (I always add sausage on top of the ham, bell peppers, and onions). It's just like at any other place, if you want to add to an item, they charge you extra for it.

[MrsTuffPaws]

Still just breakfast and lunch? Or do they have dinners too now?

[swmr545]

Still just breakfast and lunch? Or do they have dinners too now?

Breakfast/lunch. No daily special

[Bill Z]

Breakfast/lunch. No daily special

They simplified the menu greatly, and almost everything was $5.

No more prenamed omelettes. It's a 3 egg 3 item omelette for $5, pick your ingredients, want a 4 egg, pay a buck more, want more than 3 ingredients, pay a buck per extra ingredient.

I like it!!!

[swmr545]

$5 Diner was on KCRA the other night on the 6pm news:

http://www.kcra.com/...697/detail.html

[SacKen]

We are/were Ernie's loyalists (and will continue to call it Ernie's and not "$5 Diner"). We've been a couple times since the switch. It took a bit to adjust to the menu, but it's growing on me. I think it's great if you previously ate there and wasted a lot of food buying the named menu items. Now you save a couple bucks eliminating the items you didn't want, like two pieces of toast when you already have a large plate of potatoes and other items. For me, the price is about the same. I think my overall total has dropped about $1 or so. Still around $25 for the family, including tip.

I spoke with one of the owners, Rebecca, about the change. The real change and reason for the change is in the number of items offered. They dumped a lot of their high-cost items and things that weren't ordered very often. So no more steak/pork-chops with your eggs. No more fresh fruit, other than bananas. No more cottage cheese. No more sausage links, only patties. I've even noticed that their breakfast potatoes went from having onions and bell peppers in them to maybe having an unnoticeable amount of onions, no bell peppers, and now with a ton of black pepper to compensate (sometimes too much).

So if you ordered items that are now gone, this is a major change. Otherwise, it is more of a nuisance than anything, with a little potential to save a couple bucks sometimes. Hopefully it is a huge change in their profitability. I'd hate to see them become yet another casualty of that location.

[swmr545]

We are/were Ernie's loyalists (and will continue to call it Ernie's and not "$5 Diner"). We've been a couple times since the switch. It took a bit to adjust to the menu, but it's growing on me. I think it's great if you previously ate there and wasted a lot of food buying the named menu items. Now you save a couple bucks eliminating the items you didn't want, like two pieces of toast when you already have a large plate of potatoes and other items. For me, the price is about the same. I think my overall total has dropped about $1 or so. Still around $25 for the family, including tip.

I spoke with one of the owners, Rebecca, about the change. The real change and reason for the change is in the number of items offered. They dumped a lot of their high-cost items and things that weren't ordered very often. So no more steak/pork-chops with your eggs. No more fresh fruit, other than bananas. No more cottage cheese. No more sausage links, only patties. I've even noticed that their breakfast potatoes went from having onions and bell peppers in them to maybe having an unnoticeable amount of onions, no bell peppers, and now with a ton of black pepper to compensate (sometimes too much).

So if you ordered items that are now gone, this is a major change. Otherwise, it is more of a nuisance than anything, with a little potential to save a couple bucks sometimes. Hopefully it is a huge change in their profitability. I'd hate to see them become yet another casualty of that location.

I just tell them the "named" item I want (like I had a Denver Omelette yesterday). It's still $2 cheaper than if I ordered the same on their old menu. The food is relatively the same, you just have to remember:

a) what was in the old item
b) the name of the old item

[eVader]

I just tell them the "named" item I want (like I had a Denver Omelette yesterday). It's still $2 cheaper than if I ordered the same on their old menu. The food is relatively the same, you just have to remember:

a) what was in the old item
b) the name of the old item

Old menu items - http://www.erniescof...s_menu_5_10.pdf

I tried the Diner a few weeks ago and it was good but not the same as when it was Ernie's. The omelet was a griddle egg mixture double folded square (I prefer the traditional fluffy half round fold) but it is a few bucks cheaper and that is a good thing in this economy. It is cheaper than SSG or GMC but maybe a toss up with Waffle Barn.

[Chad Vander Veen]

We went there the other day and, like before, it was good. Not great, but good. I will say, however, that the place does make an excellent breakfast burrito. It's about the only thing I ever order there.

[Malamute]

We went there the other day and, like before, it was good. Not great, but good. I will say, however, that the place does make an excellent breakfast burrito. It's about the only thing I ever order there.

You should try the breakfast burrito at Adanberto's, it's got more meat than eggs in it.

A carnivore like me loves lots of meat.


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