"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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On Jan 27, 8:33?am, "Kswck" > wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> On Jan 27, 12:52?am, "<RJ>" > wrote:
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> > While viviting Detroit for the holidays,
> > my nephew took me to "The Ham Place".
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> > It's a tiny cinder-block "diner",
> > inside a counter and about 20 stools.
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> > They have FOUR items on the menu.... that's it.
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> > Breakfast; ?Ham and eggs of your choice.
> > Lunch; ? ?Ham Sammich ?( about 2" thick, on rye )
> > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Pea soup with ham
> > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Bean soup with ham.
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> > The ham is superb, the portions are generous, the prices are fair.
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> > The place is packed with customers
> > from morning 'til closing time at 3pm.
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> > What a simple business plan !
> > Pick one thing, do it well, and charge a fair price.
> > I wish more eaterys were like that.
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> Reviews:http://www.mrbreakfast.com/r_display.asp?restid=1586
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> There are plenty of such eaterys... NYC is famous for its street
> venders... there's a guy near where I live that runs his one man
> operation eatery from a trailer, he nets $200,000/yr selling nothing
> but hotdogs, fries, and soft drinks. ?His trailer is permanently set
> up on blocks. ?There is no inside service, all take out from a
> window. ?There are a few outdoor tables... for bathrooms there are two
> port-a-potties. ?He's been there a lotta years, always a line.
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> Ah, dirty water dogs n hot sausages. Seems the dumpier the place is, the
> more people online for it.
> One of the best ever hot dog stands was Grace's-on the access road between
> the LIE and Sunrise highway(cant remember the name of the road now). So
> many
> people stopped there-probably the last decent food between the Hamptons
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> NYC-the town issued summonses for the traffic jams they caused.
> Grace's finally closed down and opened in a building down the street, but
> they were never the same. The building's empty now.

Could've been the stand on Wm. Floyd Parkway. But there were such
stands on most of the major north-south main roads on Lung Guyland...
there was another on North Ocean Avenue, Farmingville.

There are a few still out the Commack Rd in Deer Park-3 dogs w/kraut &
mustard and a soda $5, w/cheese, onions in tomato or chili-$5.50. Exit 70 On
Ramp. The one on William Floyd Parkway is gone I'm afraid. He retired, or so
I am told-used to be near Brookhaven Labs. As did the (really) fat lady in
Woodbury.