I was crushed today to read in the Orlando Sentinel that Johnson's Diner, the icon restaurant full of soul and food, has closed. I had heard of its legendary food and sweet desserts. It is a regular winner in the Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards, snagging the soul-food category. Unfortunately, financial woes forced the family to close the diner's doors for good.
I never got a chance to visit, though if you look to the right hand side of your screen under "Next Bites", you will see that it is on my list of places to go. I couldn't wait to make a trip and struggled to decide between the smothered chicken or meatloaf or, maybe, jerk chicken. But I knew without a doubt, I wanted a slice of the famous sweet potato pie.
A variation of the sweet potato pie recipe is the "I Thought You Would Never Ask" recipe for today which is what told me the diner was closed. Hmmm, I guess I should cut it out...it's as close as I'll get to Johnson's Diner now.
Orlando Sentinel story on Johnson's Diner closure: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-johnsons-diner-closes-20101018,0,3003228.story
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