Penny's Diner in Alpine
2407 US-90, 79831 - Get directionsMenu Penny's Diner
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Sunday - Open 24 hoursMonday - Open 24 hours
Tuesday - Open 24 hours
Wednesday - Open 24 hours
Thursday - Open 24 hours
Friday - Open 24 hours
Saturday - Open 24 hours
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Outdoor seating
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Wheelchair accessible
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Сredit cards accepted
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No delivery
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Takeaway
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IDontWannahName
Watery instant mashed potatoes, frozen tough chicken fried steak.
Paul Schabacker
Poorly run establishment. Out of stock on just about everything you'd want to order for breakfast. Slow service and understaffed. Has potential given the location, but overall a very disappointing visit.
Ryan M.
At first glance, you might think this is a Denny's Diner, but you would be mistaken and foolish, dear reader. No, this is *Penny's* Diner. It's very different, you see. It's as unlike Denny's as Dairy King is to Dairy Queen, as unlike What-A-Burger is to Whataburger, as unlike Lady Gaga is to Dale Bozzio, but I digress*. Penny's Diner is a small chain owned by Avantic Lodging Enterprises, the parent company of Wyndham hotels. If you've spent a night at a Wyndham-branded motel (e.g, Travelodge), then you've noticed a Penny's Diner facing the street. The silver dining car aesthetic evokes a 1950s diner, mental images of thick malted milkshakes and bubbled neon jukeboxes playing Buddy Holly records, essentially a Jungian archetype of 50s Americana. That aesthetic, sadly, does not carry into the restaurant at this location in Alpine, a tired-looking, cluttered space manned (womanned?) by a short-order cook/waitress/cashier and a trainee in desperate need of training. After noting the appearance of the place, my father...