Day & Night Diner

My 2nd ever stop here. First time w Pots & Pans for muffins and coffee. This time, for a full breakfast.

D & N is a classic American dining car, built in 1942. Karl, the effusive owner / cook has been here since 1986. Smallish space w maybe 5 or 6 booths, and about 12 stools at the counter. Place was packed when I arrived at 10:15, but I was able to snag the last remaining stool, and it was right in front of the grill!

I ordered the "Super" omelet - comes w 3 eggs, ham, sausage, bacon, cheese, and onions, as well as toast and HFs. All of that food for only $8.50 (Karl says prices haven't been raised in about 10 years). And his cost for eggs went from roughly $35 / case pre-pandemic, to over $100. As Karl says, "That's why I drive a Dodge instead of a Mercedes.

Food was excellent. Coffee was bottomless. Karl is a magician w two spatulas wielded. I understand that the local hens are trying to unionize. They are working forced overtime trying to keep up w the 90 dozen eggs / week that Karl needs (and roosters are exhausted). Doing the math, at 90 dozen / wk, Karl has cooked 2,021,760 eggs since 1986, give or take (margin of error +/- 3%).

Couple other things....cash only. Open 7 days / week. Street parking (free). Lots of locals.

Don't waste your time or money!
Worst diner experience ever. We were ignored for about 10 minutes, then had to wait more than a half hour for breakfast orders (eggs, a pancake) that were so nasty they were inedible.
The place is dirty with gross bathrooms that make you wonder how they even pass a health inspection. Even the coffee sucks.
Rude service, terrible food, dirty and overpriced. If that's what you're into, have at it. If your standards are higher, there are so many better options in town, including Angel's just up the block on Main Street.
P.S. If zero stars were an option, I'd go with that!

Dirty and lots of cross contamination. Everything is cooked in front of the counter. The cook went from touching meats to veggies to eggs to bread. No gloves, no hand washing.

Oh dear. I have to say this was one of the worst diner experiences I've had in recent memory. And it breaks my heart, because this is such a charming old-fashioned building.

I'm going to hold out hope that like Brielle S. mentioned, when Carl is holding down the grill, breakfast is fantastic.

But I pulled in on a Friday evening hoping to get the classic diner breakfast for dinner. Except they don't do that at Day & Night. And that's fine. So the kids and I opted for our second choices. My daughter got the hot dog, I ordered the chicken cutlet sandwich (lettuce, tomato, onion, light mayo), and my son requested the grilled cheese. We split an order of fries.

Had the service not been so painfully slow, I might have been tempted to ask for the problems with our food to be corrected. But every time I looked at the waitress, she had both hands in her hair and was furiously scratching her scalp. The less she touched our plates, the better.

Our fries arrived unseasoned. The hot dog was burnt. And my sandwich had no onions, plus was served heavy on the mayonaise. To add insult to injury, while we were eating, the tables around us were being cleaned with some kind of industrial spray that made everything smell and taste like cleaning fluid.

At least the grilled cheese sandwich was unimpeachable, if unremarkable. I did enjoy the bun that my sandwich was served upon. And the whole meal was remarkably inexpensive. So that, along with the promise of a better breakfast, raises this place up to a second star.

In my heart of hearts, I believe Day & Night can do better. Maybe one day we'll be passing through again during the breakfast hour, and will be able to give the place another try.

Cozy diner to start off a morning right with good food. Would definitely recommend. Very fair prices.
Thank you for the amazing breakfast.

nice homey atmosphere and excellent service. came across this place during a road trip and highly recommend for anyone in and out of town!

This place is a cozy train car. A little hard to find. Because the end of the train car is what faces the road. Both of our breakfasts were amazing. The toast was a good size piece of bread. Not little sandwich bread. My toast had butter on the hole piece. Not just a pat on each piece. The eggs were cooked perfectly. I prefer my bacon lightly cooked and it was also perfect. The owner was willing to accommodate any reasonable request. Such as lunch or breakfast menu choices. I would highly recommend eating here if you're in the area.

Food is fine. NO COVID modifications. No masks or gloves on staff. No efforts to distance patrons. Only one other patron wearing a mask.

Day & Night is one of my regular favorites. Mostly, I just love going out for breakfast! It's consistently good at Day & Night. My father's favorite thing it to sit at the counter, and so we always do. The banter when Carl (Karl?) the owner & cook is there is a big part of the attraction, and it makes me wonder how he can remember all the orders, cook, and joke with people all at the same time.

With a nod to Palmer's Polish community influence, kielbasa is even on the breakfast menu.

I finally tried Day & Night for lunch at my father's urging. He wanted to go on a day that offered clams (Thursday & Friday, I believe); I couldn't imagine that fish in Palmer was a good idea. I tried the fish & chips, though, and I was very surprised. The fries, in particular, had that glassine quality that is very difficult to find. They were super-crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

I like the home-town feel and the classic train-car setting, and I honestly like that the service is less formal than you might get elsewhere. I find it to be part of the charm, and now that some of the staff know me, it does feel nice to be a "regular."

Stopped in here this am w/ friends to get some breakfast.
What a crappy diner. I like that its an old rail car diner and the atmosphere and all. The menu sucked, the service sucked, and the breakfast we got was subpar.
The staff were unfriendly and unprofessional and need to get it together.