Good Times at the Silver Diner

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 18, 1989| Author: Phyllis Richman | Copyright information

SILVER DINER

-11806 Rockville Pike, Rockville. 770-2828 or 770-4166. Open: Sunday through Thursday 6:30 to 2 a.m., Friday and Saturday 6:30 to 3 a.m. MC, V. No reservations. Separate non-smoking section. Prices: breakfast $2.65 to $6.95, sandwiches $2.50 to $6.95, entrees $6.95 to $12.95. Full dinner with tax and tip less than $15 per person.

ONE SATURDAY I WENT TO THE Silver Diner for an early dinner on the way to the movies. If I'd come a few minutes later, I would have been...

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