It was early, before 9AM. Five of us sat jammed at the front booth by the door at Fred's Diner. Each of us slurped endless cups of coffee from different mugs--mine read "creativi-tea."

The boys ordered their #2's and #3's and breakfast sandwiches. I ordered the oatmeal. Piles of bacon and hotsauce-covered hashbrowns crammed our tiny table.

We were a loud and obnoxious bunch, but the servers hung tough with us and never broke from their pleasantries, joking along with us.

The place was packed and the customers just kept coming, waiting in the entrance for an empty table.

The decor is fantastic too. Like many great diners, the theme seems to be anything and everything. Along with the old Pepsi sign behind the counter, old Akron memorabilia highlight the diner's commitment to its native customers.

Fred's Diner isn't surrounded by much else on Home Avenue, but it's worth the trip for a moderately-priced, greasy early morning fix.

2 Comments:

TimJayFitz said...: This is kind of coincidental - I received this via flickr mail yesterday:
"i notice that you have pictures from around akron and such, and i was wondering if you've ever been to fred's diner.
its this little place on home ave. (930 home ave)
if you havent been there, i highly recommend it :)"; February 28, 2010
Greg said...: That is almost slightly weird enough to be scary. There must be a god.; March 01, 2010

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