Our Greasy Spoon: Barbara Lee's

Isnt Twig and Leaf still 24 hours on Fri and Sat? With regards to Barbara Lee's, do they ever close? I know Juanita's is open 24/7/365 including Christmas, etc.

Mental note made. The next time I am in the situation, I am going to give them a call. Thanks!

My Mom & Dad owned a small Diner in Maine growing up as a kid, so Barbara Lee's makes me right at home.

I asked for poached eggs-- maybe that was my bad-- but they were completely raw. But a greasy spoon should be able to cook eggs perfectly. If they aren't equipped to poach, I will take them over easy any day.

I don't know..Greasy spoon establishments and poached eggs just don't seem to be the same cup of tea to me...Scrambled is the way to go at most of the places that fit the "Mold"...Now a true "Diner" on the other hand...And let's not confuse the two..There is a big difference in how your eggs are prepared...Let the debate continue...

Does anyone know if D Nalley's is still open in Old Louisville? Been a real long time for me but I remeber it being pretty Classic.

Yes D. Nally's is till open, but I tend to think of them as an old time diner, not a GS

Isnt Twig and Leaf still 24 hours on Fri and Sat? With regards to Barbara Lee's, do they ever close? I know Juanita's is open 24/7/365 including Christmas, etc.

I know they close for about a week or so every Spring/Summer for a vacation..wow do I miss that place, I used to live just down the street and went often enough that the crowd there certainly knew me Alas, now I live across from Juanita's so it almost makes no sense to make the trip down to Barbara Lee's without good reason. And I do miss the old 24 hour Twig and Leaf days, it's where I spent a good bit of my high school years late at night (when we were too young to go almost anywhere else) though I do believe you are right about Fridays and Saturdays.

I feel that eggs any way should go hand in hand with any type of diner, dive, greasy spoon. I like the taste of eggs so I don't want them scrambled. I would have taken them poached in hot grease if that is how they wanted to do them. I just don't think you should let me order them poached if you can't cook them that way. I also don't think of a poached egg as something that fancy but I could be wrong...

I also don't think of a poached egg as something that fancy but I could be wrong...

Does any one make poached eggs at home on a regular basis? I highly doubt it! They aren't that hard to do but they do require a little more effort than the usual methods....
Incidentally, at this point in my culinary career, I have created a long succession of cooks between myself and the omelet station for Sunday Brunch...I would rather gut fish than cook eggs for people. It's something I really despise, mostly stemming from my vehement hatred of runny yolks.

I also don't think of a poached egg as something that fancy but I could be wrong...

Does any one make poached eggs at home on a regular basis? I highly doubt it! They aren't that hard to do but they do require a little more effort than the usual methods....
Incidentally, at this point in my culinary career, I have created a long succession of cooks between myself and the omelet station for Sunday Brunch...I would rather gut fish than cook eggs for people. It's something I really despise, mostly stemming from my vehement hatred of runny yolks.

I like eggs prepared in many ways but poached is way down on my list. Btw, I like my eggs medium. Done white, runny yolk. LOL. Sorry, mon.

I do! I eat poached eggs two or three times a week. More trouble than scrambled? I think not.

Me too Marsha! I have very little cooking ability unfortunately, but I have not been able to mess up boiling eggs so far. I have, however, burned many, many scrambled eggs.

[Robin Garr]

I do! I eat poached eggs two or three times a week. More trouble than scrambled? I think not.

Poached eggs appear fairly regularly over here. I'm fine with sunny-side up, too. Runny yolks are okay with me as long as they're hot. Cold raw yolk might be a little bit of a problem ...