Joe's Route 66 Diner — Restaurant in Strafford

This is an old style diner where you place your order at the register then sit down and wait. Be patient, be kind...the nostalgic music will take you way back. The two ladies cooking are working as hard and fast as they possibly can and, trust me, it's worth the wait. The fries are fresh, hand cut. The fried pickles are some of the best I've ever had, and they do a bang up job on everything I've had there. It takes a while sometimes, so don't be in a hurry. Now the young lady running the register, she's trying but you can tell she doesn't hold up well in a pinch...she was mighty flustered and got a tetch snippy with simple requests. All in all, though, just consider the situation and take it all with a...

Adorable tiny diner near the highway - great food, especially the onion rings, so thin and lightly battered, a large to split could have fed 4, not just my husband and me! My husband's fish sandwich was huge and very tasty. My chili was dark and very flavorful, a soup-style chili. Seating for 10 (4, 2 and 4) in the middle of the seating area with 4 booths on the side wall. Very personable ladies waiting tables and cooking on an old-fashioned grill fryer from out of the 50s or 60s with a "Coka Cola red" metal hood/exhaust fan, nostalgic feel, ... so much better than the grab-n-go truckstop fare we'd gotten the rest of the time on the trip. I would go there again in...

So tucked away is this little obscure diner, more like a little burger joint that has the flashback to the 50’s and 60’s!

The seating area inside is tiny but comfortable. There are also some tables outside if you want to eat picnic style.

The food was great and the portions are good as well. The fries could have stood to be cooked a little longer but that comes down to who is cooking at the time. The homemade onion rings were the bomb!

The staff were all friendly and having a good time which is contagious and made the customers happy as well.

Worth trying if you are...