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Lincoln 48th & O. Eastview Shopping Center
“It’s like haying an uncle in the business. ”
Diner seems like home \
What can you do when your
friends desert you for spring va
cation and you're stuck in Lin
coln? Maybe you'd like to try some
home cooking.
How about filling up the ol'
beater with $5 worth ol gas and
going out to eat? No, not one of
those boring old fast food places
you normal ly go to, bu t someplace
that won't break you and has "just
good ol' food"?
The Hi-Way Diner, 1339 West
0 St., claims just that. Co-owner,
Gary YValker, said his truck stop is
designed for big eaters and their
portions are double what regular
restaurants serve.
So early on a Sunday morning,
1 decided to venture out to this so
called truck stop and see for my
self. They veiy rarely get truckers
in the the Hi-Way Diner anymore
because interstate traffic is now
routed around West O Street, but
the atmosphere has remained the
same.
Entering the restaurant, the cus
tomer is serenaded by a colorful
display of automotive signs, some
in neon. But the center of attrac
tion is the old-fashioned tin Tex
aco sign. It protrudes from a hole
cut in the main floor down to the
basement and extends all the way
to the ceiling of the restaurant.
After choosing biscuits and
gravy from the large menu board
behind the counter, the waitress
asked me if 1 didn't want the half
order. I said I was sure because at
the time I felt ravenous, or so I
thought.
Customers help themselves to
silverware and drinks poured by
the waitress at the end of the counter
before grabbing a seat.
Even though the food was ex
cellent, I only managed to put a
dent in three-fourths of the full
order. But it was more than enough
to feel stuffed.
The waitresses weren't what
you'd expect if your idea of a truck
stop is Mel's Diner. They weren't
loud, obnoxious, dresseci in short
uniforms or chewing gum; instead,
they were dressed like any other
customer who might wander in.
As the rain beat on the pave
ment outside and vehicles
Kocnner, a regular customer, ■
said she keeps coming back be- I
cause of the nomey atmosphere, 1
the food and the help.
"They keep your coffee cup I
filled," she said.
Andrew Kellogg, who usually I
comes to eat at thediner every Sat- |
urday and Sunday with his own I
Robin Trima )aily Nebraskan
The cozy dining room at the Hi-Way Diner, 1339 West O St.,
greets customers with lots of elbow room and truck stop decor.
whooshed by the front picture
window, waitress Dolly Cutshall
scurried around to deliver the food.
Despite several quick rushes as
groups of customers came in to
gether, Cutshall still took time to
smile and crack a joke with the
customers.
The Hi-Way Diner might be a
worthwhile trip just for the differ
ence in atmosphere it provides from
the regular restaurants.
After I had finished eating, I
glanced at other tables and their
occupants.
Customer Beth Duncan had qui
etly moved in behind De Kochner
and covered her eyes. Kochner
just laughed and turned around to
greet her friend.
family, was there that day with his
father, brother and sister.
"They treat you like family here,"
Kellogg said.
His father, Calvin Kellogg,
reminisced about the time tne
waitresses sang happy birthday to
Andrew and then told him he nad
to get up and take off his clothes.
^Boy, whatever color his face
was before — it wasn't after that,"
joked Calvin Kellogg.
And if you stickaround long
enough, supervisor Mamie Jensen
might even tell you one of her
famous jokes.
Carissa Moffat is a junior news-edito
rial major and a Daily Nebraskan news
reporter.
Robin Triinarchi/Daily Nebraskan
The neon-adorned front window of the diner reflects street activity and chatting customers.