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[MSgt]

Went in to breakfast with my Dad at the $5 Diner this AM and they had a note posted saying the last day of service would be Sunday June 5th. The note said a family was buying the restaurant. I was surprised.

[john]

Too bad. They had good food. In this economy I think breakfast places have had a harder time - it's harder for families to plop down $30+ for breakfast.

[legofamily]

Too Bad. I liked the $5 Diner. Good food. We didn't go that often, as we rarely go out for breakfast.

[SacKen]

Damn it! That's one of our favorite family places to go for breakfast. I do think they messed up when they changed to the $5 Diner concept. It was a bad decision from day 1, proven when they changed their menu back to be more like the original one within about a month (minus a lot of things that people miss). I think they where scrambling and made that change too hastily.

[MrsTuffPaws]

Bummer. We enjoyed that place very much. Reasonable portions (but I still rarely finished a plate), at a low cost. I'll be sure to pop over at least one more time before they are gone for good.

[capt_karma]

Darn! Have been going there since they opened, more so before the economic crunch than lately. Wish I could have added to their sales more. The kids love the quesadilla's as I do and the home fired potatoes are great! Organic Coffee too! Will miss the brother and sister who have been running it since they opened as Ernies of Late Tahoe, the family restaurant in South Shore Tahoe.

[giacomo]

Darn! Have been going there since they opened, more so before the economic crunch than lately. Wish I could have added to their sales more. The kids love the quesadilla's as I do and the home fired potatoes are great! Organic Coffee too! Will miss the brother and sister who have been running it since they opened as Ernies of Late Tahoe, the family restaurant in South Shore Tahoe.

That's a shame.Also just went there for breakfast and had a great omelet. It seems that particular building has had its share of variour tenants/restaurants. Location??
On a slightly different note, how about the landlord of the Raley's shopping center hiring a painting contractor and painting that center. That place is urban blight. What a dumpy center. More empty storefronts than leased. Who's next?

[Dave Burrell]

Bummer to hear, that's been a nice place. They had good food at a good price.
Even ran into Mike and Jeff and a few others myfolsomites there a time or two.

[Steve Heard]

That's a shame.Also just went there for breakfast and had a great omelet. It seems that particular building has had its share of variour tenants/restaurants. Location??

Perhaps location, but also signage and concept. One could pass it without noticing it, and for $5, I don't think people expected much.

Do people really shop for the cheapest possible restaurant? I think a place that advertised awesome food would have more success than one which advertised cheap food. Maybe the cheap food concept might make more sense in a roadside diner or touristy place.

I'm just guessing.

[SacDJ]

Not a surprise to me at all. I stopped in there last week for the 1st time in a while and found the food to be less than top notch. Burger was way undercooked and the salad was soggy. Diet coke was fine.

We used to have a business meeting in there when it was the other name and one of the owner's had a bad attitude concerning pricing so we left for another spot.

[Chad Vander Veen]

Perhaps location, but also signage and concept. One could pass it without noticing it, and for $5, I don't think people expected much.

Do people really shop for the cheapest possible restaurant? I think a place that advertised awesome food would have more success than one which advertised cheap food. Maybe the cheap food concept might make more sense in a roadside diner or touristy place.

I'm just guessing.

Agreed. One thing Folsom is missing is a signature breakfast joint, someplace that would be worth of being on a Food or Travel channel show. We have a lot of breakfast places but none feature anything you can't get somewhere else.

[ducky]

Agreed. One thing Folsom is missing is a signature breakfast joint, someplace that would be worth of being on a Food or Travel channel show. We have a lot of breakfast places but none feature anything you can't get somewhere else.

I think the closest thing we have to something like that would be Lake Forest Cafe. I've never had a bad breakfast there.

[Redone]

Ernies or 5 dollar, the quality of the food was very low.

Lake Forest, Sutter St Grill, and the Purple Place are all examples of how to put out decent breakfast.

[Chad Vander Veen]

Sutter Street Grill has the best breakfasts in town. As for unique, making great food should be good enough, it'd be stupid for them to have to create some marketing joke just to get media attention. But then again, maybe they could build a 10lb Breakfast Burrito for Adam Richman to try and conquer.

Agree SSG is the best. And El Rincon actually has the best breakfast burrito in town that I've tried.