Hullabaloo

We drove into a tiny town called Wellborn yesterday, and stopped at a vintage silver chrome diner that was shipped there from Albany, NY. They named it The Hullabaloo and it was on the list of stops for "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives." We had lunch there, sitting in the booth underneath the photo of Guy (from the "Triple D" show).

My husband ordered a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich, and I had the vegetable omelet. Totally outrageous omelet, light and fluffy, filled with sauted onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, green peppers and swiss cheese. The omelet came with a biscuit (which I ate) and home fries (which I didn't). The home fries were delicious, but the omelet and biscuit were filling enough without adding potatoes to the mix. The omelet was so over-the-top fluffy that I'm guessing they put some heavy cream in with the eggs. Definitely worth the extra calories, but I wouldn't do that at home, and I didn't eat dinner last night. I don't even want to calculate how many calories were in that omelet and the biscuit.

The inside of the diner was all chrome and pink and gray, complete with the original vinyl-covered stools in front of the long counter. There were old 45 records tacked up on the walls, oldies music playing in the background. Outside and in the back of the diner was an outdoor eating area that was set up, complete with a view of their chickens (fresh eggs daily!), their cats (one blue-eyed cat caught my eye), and a huge gorgeous peacock strutting his feathers for all to see. On the bar in the outdoor section, there was a bust of Elvis, complete with black hair and long sideburns, and a leather jacket... along with a sign saying "Please don't touch Elvis."

What a terrific find in the middle of this tiny town in the middle of practically nowhere. With all the extra seating they added on to the outside of the diner, we guessed that the weekend crowd is a big one. And with the "Triple D" recommendation, that could only bring still more people driving to Wellborn looking for the silver chrome diner plopped down in a field across from the freight train tracks.

If any place can be said to have character, "The Hullabaloo" certainly qualifies. What a great place. I'd go back just to see that blue-eyed cat and the peacock again.