The Pittsfield Cafe

"The diner is everybody's kitchen"- Richard Gutman

By walking through the revolving doors of the Pittsfield Building at 55 E Washington I wasn't merely entering the venue for this week's LLC meeting, I was entering a different plane of existence. Outside I was a typical man of the modern age, slaloming around pedestrians sporting UV protected shades and a humiliating dependency on iPhone powered GPS. Inside I found myself in the dimly lit golden atrium of another era. The home of the Pittsfield Cafe was reminiscent of a 1950's Grand Central Station, or for members of my generation, the Great Hall at Hogwarts. Continuing with the latter analogy, one may say the menu was as dense as Hogwarts: A History, offering page after page of breakfast specials, lunch combinations, and everything from fresh coffee to all day bloody marys.

The cafe itself is a small, Greek influenced sit down diner with a popular carryout service. It seamlessly integrates the old and the new, both in ambience and clientele. Along the walls an alternating pattern of still life paintings and flat screen televisions hang above the business professionals and older greek gentlemen who represent the extreme minority of people who don't look pretentious donning fedoras.

Chris skillfully averts a pre-meal crisis

Gutman was right. Each member of The LLC may as well have been in their own kitchen whipping up whatever they had a taste for. Between the six of us we enjoyed everything from a Caesar wrap to a BBQ pork sandwich to two "build your own" omelets. Dan Ofman experienced the full spectrum of poultry by ordering his omelet with chicken breast. Personally, it seems strange to me to eat chicken and eggs simultaneously. I'll let you form your own opinions on the matter, fair or fowl?

"I've never had pastrami with cheese," Said Dan Spira, slowly nodding his head in approval, "but I like it."

Service was quick and our waitress offered friendly recommendations to help guide us through the multi-volume menu. Refills were both unlimited and unrelenting. The volume of water, coffee, and diet soda that continuously flowed into our glasses was somewhere between the quantity of tears shed by Rob Anderson after the series finale of "Man vs. Beast" and the total perspiration produced by John Daly throughout the opening round of the PGA Championship.

The Greek influence on display in the ancient lettering of the bill.  Good thing there's a Rosetta Stone app

A wonderful experience was had by all at the Pittsfield Cafe.

Pittsfield Notes:

• Billy Joel began playing just as my omelet was placed in front of me. Heaven on Earth.
• Chris "Financial Crisis" Hartemayer couldn't pay for his meal due to a crisis.