Snow White Restaurant

So, this is definitely not the best food in the city. It does not have the best ambiance. The people who frequent the place are, at times, downright scary. (The first time I was there I almost hit the deck because I thought someone was going to pull a gun on someone else…) But… there’s something about this place that keeps me coming back time and time again for breakfast. The coffee is decent for a diner. I think what I love is the grits… as not too many places north of the Mason Dixon line offer grits.

Snow White is perfect for the «oops, I spent all my money on booze last night, now I need cheap, greasy food» breakfast. Affordable, creepily fast, and pretty good given the speed/​price, this is a must go to location for hangover food. The décor leaves something to be desired, but who cares? Also, skip the coffee. Yuck.
Note: I don’t think they take cards and their ATM charges a lot so bring the few coins and bills you have left over from last night.

Ka pow! Breakfast is served. I saw a woman come in for a breakfast sandwich to go and a guy right behind her do the same and when I looked back up they were gone. My breakfast was just as fast at this unpretentious diner. Typical diner food served quick and hot. No complaints. Good service.

Hey, it is old, small, and some of the lights do not work but the brekfast and service is fine for an old diner. I’ll go back when I am there. I need to try lunch too.

Ehhhh… that’s all I got to say, plus the following: I got pancakes with a cheese omlette on the side. The pancakes were mediocre — had a disturbing yellowish-​orange tint, and the omlette felt like it was stuffed with cheap american cheese — probably because it was. Prices were OK, the service was good, the coffee was quality, and they don’t take credit cards. My buddy thought it was good for a diner, but I was disappointed — I think a diner should have quality pancakes and do breakfast well.

Somehow, maybe by magic, your food is brought to you less than a minute after you order it. It’s miraculously fast. You wonder, «did they just have this sitting under a heat lamp back there, waiting for someone to order it?» But no, because everything is done just the way you asked for it. All the particulars are in place, so you eat your food in a state of bewilderment.
Okay, so even if it’s fast, it’s not the best food ever. The waitstaff is nice. The food is okay. The artwork is bizarre. It’s nice that the photos of food on the menu are actually photos of their food and not stock photos like every other diner menu. Snow White is very oddly seated in the middle of swanky Olde City, but it’s reassuring to always have a cheap, reliable place to eat in every neighborhood.

i can totally see how this place could get some bad reviews, because it definately looks iffy. but i have to say i was pleased. i was looking for a cheap lunch and for $ 5 i got a lunch special — soup, coffee, and chicken salad sandwitch. i thought it was tasty! i just love diners. i like the oddity of inner city diners.

This place always smells a bit funny.

This one odd place! Yes, its a diner… but every meal comes with a side order of weird. Ever been to a supermarket at 2am? Notice all the strange folk, bizarre behavior and generally surreal atmosphere? That’s the Snow White diner — at 2 in the afternoon.
After tromping around old city, I popped into the Snow White for a cheap lunch. I don’t even remember what I had (so you know it wasn’t that great) because I was stuck between a desperately apologetic cashier and a crazy Vietnam vet. I get the feeling he was a regular who just occasionally flipped his lid… but that didn’t make it easier to eat.
He had the classic rant: «fought for this country, now i get spit on». Which, when he started, garnered a few sympathetic nods and another side of toast. But he kept ramping up; getting more and more agitated. He started cursing and yelling at his plate. I thought for sure he was going to throw it.
Finally they talked him out the door. And we sat in stunned silence drinking our burnt coffee.

The first time i went to Snow White was the day of the V-​tech shooting and the news was crazy with it.
I remember being at this place specifically because as i was sitting at the bar in front eating my home fries, a PPA meter-​maid was sitting next to me bad mouthing the korean kid who killed everyone…
What made it funny though, was this dude wasnt saying the normal shit like calling him a maniac or sick fucker or anything… this guy was tearing into this kid because he didnt RAPE anyone before he killed them!
He went on this long tirade about how if that were him there would of been a whole lota rapein’ going on, because «hey, your gonna kill them and yourself anyway.» So, yea, why not?
Everyone in an ear-​shot of this dude was basically just staring at him, amazed, wondering how he survived this long… until he finally shut up, paid for his chocolate-​chip muffin and got the fuck out of there.
Lovely.
Other exciting Snow White stories include but are not limited to:
Me finding an half-​cooked piece of bacon in my home fries after eating most of them, which in-​turn induced gagging and a lil’ vomit in my mouth.
My friend shitting himself inside the restaurant after eating something questionable.
And, of course, the unspeakable horrors of the mens room.
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The only enjoyable experience that snow white offers on the regular is trying to figure out by the end of the meal what crippling drug addiction your waitress is afflicted with. I usually play it safe and guess heroin, an all consuming, life derailing dependency on heroin.

If you’re looking for a diner, this fills the bill. It’s quick, cheap, simple, and rarely healthy… but isn’t that what one expects in a diner? If you’re looking for a diner, this is one of few cheap choices in that area. If you’re looking for more, go somewhere nicer.

ok, so this is a DINER, a short order restaurant. the service is short by definition, and the food is made quickly and cheaply. this is not fancy food.
but as a diner, they do a decent job. it isn’t dirty, and the lady who took my order was, while not exactly friendly, quick, convenient, and to the point.
i gave it three stars, admittedly, out of a sense of fairness — jim l’s review, i thought, had to be balanced out. after all, my eggs weren’t cold and i didn’t cower while i ate them.

Without a doubt the worst restaurant I have been to in quite some time. The waitstaff was nice enough, but the owners were brutal people whom the waitstaff (and I) feared.
I should note that I prefer not to eat my cold eggs while cowering (or watching others cower).
The meal was so pleasant in fact that one waitress was fired while I sat there watching. This wasn’t the kind of shouting match that is kind of interesting and train-​wrecky but more along the lines of watching life’s misery play out before you. It sucked for me, I have an awful lot of sympathy for the waitress.
I really loved Philla, but I would avoid this breakfast diner.