White Hut

In the last post Dane left a comment saying I visit the most interesting places.  Downtown Springfield was not one of them.  I got to Springfield before the Hall of Fame opened because I dropped my father off for his early morning bus ride home. 

My plan was to get eat at a downtown diner.  The flaw in the plan was the one time I had previously stopped in Springfield it was an earlier visit to the Basketball Hall of Fame, which is separated from downtown by the interstate.  Thus, I had no clue what downtown was like.

Downtown Springfield has seen better days and I couldn't find any diners.  Urbanspoon failed me.  Or should I say I failed to heed Urbanspoon's blank search results.  I kept wandering further afield.  I did come upon a combination Italian bakery-cafe-market.  The bakery looked nice but after Christmas I needed something more than a cream- and sugar-filled breakfast.  The cafe next door was a bit too Sopranos-like and didn't appear to have any food other than what I could find in the bakery.

I drove further afield.  Finally, really hungry, I gave in to Urbanspoon's suggestion for Manhattan Bagels across the river in West Springfield.  Luckily, before finding the bagel place I ran across the White Hut.

The White Hut was as good inside as it looks from the outside.  Inside there is a counter and twelve stools.  No menu.  No prices.  The customers were all locals.  Well, Zippy the Pinhead once visited but he was confused.  The people behind the counter were very friendly.  Breakfast was fried egg sandwiches.  I ordered ham, egg and cheese on a water roll.  I had no idea what a "water roll" was but that's what the locals were getting.  A water roll is otherwise known as a hard roll, kaiser roll, or a bulkie (in some sections of New England but not Springfield).

Next time I'm getting either a two dollar hamburger or a cheeseburger for a quarter more.

Comments

[Mariecarnes]

Well, the little comic strip was cute.

[Dane]

I used to read Zippy religiously. And you already know what I'm going to say about the standing letters.

[Joe]

As Zippy once said, "An air of FRENCH FRIES permeates my nostrils!!"

[Romy]

So - what did the White Hut have for us vegetarians????

[Joe]

French Fries. There were a couple of signs inside that said "Yes, we now have french fries" or "New! Try our french fries". On their web site it says fries were introduced in 2001.