Yes, this is a food-and-restaurant review, but let's begin at the beginning: When I got assigned starting a blog, finding and reading a 13-page newspaper article from 5 years ago, and the whole of Norse mythology---the Norse gods alone know what next---on the first day of the semester, my professors were obviously trying to make sure I'd stay out of trouble and not go out looking for dinner until local businesses started serving breakfast.
Well, either they miscalculated, or I misunderstood their assignments, because it was only about midnight when I was done. My daughter vetoed pizza after she reluctantly signed out from Skype, Facebook, Twitter, and about fifteen other things, and I wanted to eat somewhere that was at least approximately on the way to my apartment, so we ended up stopping at the Grand Coney again.
That is a 24-hour diner that has kept us alive on all my nights of homework-related hardship during my time in Grand Rapids, so this review cannot be entirely impartial, but the place is almost always full when we go there, which should count as independent evidence that it's good. Actually, I have often thought they could use a bigger parking lot.
Back to last night: The atmosphere was lively (as you'd expect in a place that's fairly full); service was friendly and prompt; the men's restroom was clean; the coffee was, as always, weaker than what I drink at home (but it's still good enough that I drink it when I eat there); I had the Hangover Skillet (which I like a lot, even when I'm not actually hungover, but only tired); my daughter had chicken lemon rice soup and a veggie gyro (I have never tried either of those, so I wouldn't know first hand whether they are any good, but she orders both often); it only costed 16 dollars something; and we were home before 1 in the morning (so I still got in some sleep before my 9:25 AM class).
So yes, there is hope after homework of bread before breakfast. Go to the Grand Coney and discover it for yourself some night!
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