Silver Diner in Greenbelt, MD

On the morning before I headed home from the Washington DC area, I visited a restaurant called Silver Diner in Greenbelt, Maryland after doing some hiking in the nearby Greenbelt National Park. I didn't realize it when I went into the restaurant, but Silver Diner is a chain based around the Virginia and Maryland area.

They apparently attempt to use local ingredients in their foods. The sign on the table told me that they partner with 15 local farms. It's nice to see a semi-large chain doing stuff like this.

I ordered the Local Farm Raised Bison Huevos Rancheros. This came with a chorizo and bison hash, over easy eggs, peppers, salsa, scallions, cilantro, goat cheese, chunky avocado and fried tortillas. This was very tasty (and the second time I've had bison on this trip), but it was almost too much meat. The huge mound of meaty hash definitely overshadowed the eggs and other toppings. I also would have preferred soft tortillas rather than crispy tortillas. Soft tortillas seem like they go a lot further than fried, chip-like tortillas.

I enjoyed my breakfast, but overall Silver Diner did seem a little too pricy. The average menu price seemed to be about $12, which compared to other breakfast places is really expensive. This was even worse than Ihop's pricy breakfasts...

Bad Burger in East Village, NY

Another NYC food post! I had lunch at a restaurant called Bad Burger while up there. Bad Burger had a large selection of burgers on the menu, along with breakfast served all day. I actually did not eat breakfast on this particular day, so I knew which menu I'd be ordering from.

I had the Huevos Rancheros, consisting of a large tortilla topped with scrambled eggs, black beans, home fries, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream. It was a huge amount of food and was very tasty. Pretty much everything on the plate was flavored very well, with the possible exception of the sour cream since it tasted like plain sour cream (as it should).

With the nature of travel, chances are that I will never return to Bad Burger. If I did live in New York though, I would consider coming back for another plate of these huevos rancheros...