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Continuing on my Pennsylvania/Delaware trip food roundup, we have the Classic Diner. The classic diner isn't your classic New Jersey style diner in the aesthetic sense at all. Instead, they specialize in new interpretations of classic diner food. It's a popular (and crowded) place, and that remained true for our visit. Luckily, there were six of us, so we lucked out with a short wait that day even thought there were a bunch of other couples waiting for a table.

There are so many interesting things on the menu at the Classic Diner that it's tough to decide what to go with. Sensing I was having a tough time deciding, my brother Mark offered to split plates with me. This made it a little easier. We decided on a make your own omelette with blue cheese and filet tips and an order of their famous peanut butter and banana french toast. Pere and Mark's fiance Jen also decided to share plates and opted for the lobster BLT and a tuna melt. Moody had a breakfast sandwich with egg, roasted red peppers, and avocado. Catherine went more traditional and opted for eggs and canadian bacon.

Just about all of the dishes came with some sort of potato and toast. My omelette had thick cut fried potato rounds with rosemary. Pere's lobster BLT had thin cut chips. Most of us had rye or wheat toast.

The blue cheese and filet omelette was nice. The eggs were light and fluffy, and the blue cheese offered a nice contrast to the juicy filet. What I really enjoyed, though, was the peanut butter and banana stuffed french toast. The slices of bread were each at least an inch thick, with plenty of creamy peanut butter and bananas in the middle. The dish was finished with a honey star anise drizzle, which imparted just the right amount of fragrance and additional sweetness. It was definitely a rich and decadent breakfast, and even though Mark and I split it, we still weren't able to finish it!

All in all, everyone really enjoyed their breakfast at the Classic Diner. I had a small taste of Pere's lobster BLT, and almost wish I was able to have split my breakfast three ways. Since I'm not sure when we're going to be back East anytime soon, I think it's going to be a long time before I can feed another Classic Diner fix.