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atmosphere.
As owner John Huang put it,
“We’re tiny, but the food is fast.”
Hours are from 11:30 a m. to
8:30 p.m. Monday through Satur
day. Lunch specials a re served until
2 p.m. and include an entree, rice
and an egg roll. The Hunan
Restaurant Inc. is closed
on Sunday.
Nancy Marchand is one of eight
diners owned by the Walkers. Also
in this series of Walker-owned diners
is the South Street Diner and sev
eral Mi-way diners scattered through
out the city.
Overall, my dining experience
was a positive, if O
somewhat greasy one.
- Jim Hanna
at 1640 Holdredge St. 1
1 don’t know how many nights I g
stayed there playing chess with a H
friend or writing philosophy pa- ™
pers, but right about now, I’d give
a lot for one last
basket ofSlormie’s
cheese balls.
-LisaMaui Stormies
F Street Diner
Don’t look for any diet items on
the menu at the F Street Diner.
Although this little restaurant at
900 S. 13th St. may have a few items
that are low-cal, the bulk of their
menu is dedicated to thick, greasy,
buttery, gravy-drenched foods with
a mountain of calories.
And that’s just the way it should
be at a place like this.
The enormous, yet somewhat
pricey, menu is dominated by meaty
sandwiches and cholesterol-rich
I entrees. A sampling of the hot roast
beef sandwich proved a tad too
salty but oh-so-satisfying.
ureaKiasi is served during an
open hours. A dining comrade of
mine indulged in a pancake stack
with a slice of ham. He relished it to
the point that most conversation at
the table ceased while he shoveled
the flapjack* iruohismautk, *
I myself vyasfcoi aflfthat ta'k.ttiVe
as 1 enjoyed my beefy«cal^iich
was made all the more enjoyable
by the tanker sized Coke that washed
it down. I really appreciate a place
that serves big, big drinks.
The eating environment had its
high and low points. Among the
low points were the unsightly water
spots in one corner of the ceiling
and an uncovered window that
allowed the sun to sear my com
rade’s eyes as he ate.
I did, however, find some of the
decor to be quite pleasant. The
condiment center was especially
nice. There was an old stove to one
side of the dining area that quaintly
accommodated the ketchups,
mustards and what have you.
Beware of the mustard however.
Another dining mate of mine learned
the painful lesson of not thoroughly
shading the mustard before you
dispense it.
The rest of this restaurant, owned
by Sherri and Gary Walker, is
adorned cutely with nomey knick
knacks which were a nice touch.
The F Street Diner, under the
management of Shirley Brooks and
For me, Stormie’s and cheese
balls were synonymous.
The all-night cafe is closed now,
but I am still haunted by cravings
for a late-night jaunt to Stormie’s
for its fried cheese balls.
Stormie’s took cheese balls to
unparalleled heights of culinary
pleasure. A basket of Stormie’s
cheese balls with a few packets of
watery ketchup was commensu
rate with ambrosia, a moupd of
nugget-shaped delicacies to be
savored through the late-night hours.
Of course die menu offered other
selections, but nothing compared
tothecheescballs,especially when
served early in the night before the
fryer took on the slightly notice
able flavor of other grease-laden
delights.
Stormie’s was THE place to go
for late-night conversations and
study breaks. Open from 11 p.m. to
2 p.m. the next afternoon, it was a
haven for “night owls and early
birds.”
There were not many decora
tions besides a black velvet paint
ing which hung over a jukebox.
That spangled, battered old ma
chine was like a miniature museum
for AM radio of old.
From the Archies’ "Sugar Sugar”
to the complete works of Conway
Twitty and a few renegade psyche
delic lurkers, that jukebox had it all
and played it all night long.
Grizzly truckers in strained flan
nel shirts would come and slay for
hours, drinking black coffee and
chain smoking, listening to Loretta
Lynn andjohnny Cash. They knew
about heartache and the lonely
road, and Stormie’s was their place.
Theirs until 1 a m. anyway, when
packs of obnoxious, drunken col
lege students would converge on
Slormic’s for an after-party snack
and one last desperate shot at going
home with someone for the night.
I don’t k now whether the owner
was named Stormie or not, but his
cafe was clean enough and the
service quick. Stormie’s moved off
O Street about the lime I moved to
Lincoln, so I only got to visit the site
John Bruce/Daily Nebraskan
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