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A typical blue-plate special board, from the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire. A blue-plate special is a discount-priced meal that changes daily. The practice was common from the 1920s in American and Canadian restaurants through the 1950s, especially in diners and greasy spoons.
Blueplate was a lunch counter and soda fountain [1] at the intersection of Third Avenue and Washington Street, [2] [3] in downtown Portland's Dekum Building. Karen Brooks of The Oregonian called the restaurant a "tiny, adorable outpost of apothecary chic", and described an "old-fashioned" counter with swivel stools and shelves stocking powders, "potions" and other "mysterious" liquids. [4]
Similar concepts include the Hawaiian plate lunch, which features a variety of entrée choices with fixed side items of white rice and macaroni salad, [7] and the southern Louisiana plate lunch, which features menu options that change daily. [8] It is somewhat similar to a blue-plate special but with a more fixed menu. [9]
Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot | Selma, Alabama. Details: 2115 Minter Ave.; 334-874-4478 Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot restaurant review: Our local food writer recommends the famous pulled pork sandwich with red ...
Lunch and dinner options include $9 pizza and a $26 tri-tip plate, along with sandwiches, salads and appetizers. Blue Oak Grille also has a bar area, complete with beer taps (but no alcohol in ...
JetBlue customers flying coach on a transatlantic flight will now be served cold meals. The airline has removed hot meals from its economy class menus after piloting new food offerings this summer ...
The New York Journal of Books, in a review of Blue Plate Special, called it "remarkable" and compared it to the writings of Laurie Colwin: "If Colwin is the All American Girl Cook, Ms. Christensen is more wild, plunging into worldly episodes from Bedouins baking dough disks on hot rocks for breakfast in the desert to daylong meals during a cold Maine winter."
The term greasy spoon—used to describe small and inexpensive diners and coffee shops—became popular in the United States as early as the 1920s. [3] [4]Nicknaming cheap restaurants after an unwashed spoon dates back at least to 1848: [5]