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http://www.dinercity.com ONLINE DINER DIRECTORY great web site to find diners all over the USA.

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http://www.oh-diners.com Dedicated To The Recognition, Preservation And Promotion Of Diners* Within The State Of Ohio.

http://www.ci.fairfax.va.us City of Fairfax, Virginia web site

http://www.roadsidemagazine.com/GiftShop/catalog.html Offering maps and t-Shirts of diners in Massachusetts and New England

http://www.njdiners.com Diners in New Jersey

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http://www.parcelplus.com/stores/fairfaxcity.htm Parcel Plus Fairfax City

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http://washington.sidewalk.com/link/26945
This diner looks and tastes like the real thing. First, the good news: Visually, it doesn't get more authentic than this. The metal facade, wooden counter stools, handwritten specials and jukeboxes at every table shout "old-time diner." So do the regulars, bantering with waitresses who've been there forever. For better or worse, that authenticity extends to the food. This means classic greasy handmade burgers and fries, an honest-to-goodness grilled cheese made with processed American cheese (not something foreign and smelly), lumpy ice-cream shakes in basic vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavors, and hearty homemade soups such as chunky potato or split pea with ham. Unfortunately, it also means iceberg lettuce, Wonder-ish white bread bracing the hot turkey sandwich and frozen green beans and corn. Don't expect any yuppie concessions like sprouts for your tuna sandwich, egg-white omelets or fancy versions of French toast. Breakfasts are robust and old-fashioned, with slices of ham, eggs over easy and crusty home fries. And coffee is just the way it used to be in the old days: muddy and cheap.

– Reviewed by Cynthia Hacinli, Sidewalk Contributor

http://prefect.com/issuesusa/diners.html#Virginia
The following diners are making the Diner Poll available to their patrons. If you're in the area, be sure to drop on by. Diner patrons who take the Issues USA Diner Poll are eligible for prizes -- visit the individual diners for details.

http://ink.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=tastee+diner&z=2&hc=0&hs=0

ADDRESS:

10536 Lee Hwy, Fairfax

CROSS STREET:

at: Chain Bridge Road

PHONE:

703/591-6720

(show me on a map)

HOURS:

Daily 24 hours

PAYMENT TYPES:

Cash

DRESS

Casual

METRO

Vienna (Orange Line)

PARKING

Lot

The 29 Tastee Diner celebrated its 50th anniversary in July 1997. The glass-block panels in the walls, the metal awnings and the big neon sign facing Lee Highway traffic convey a sense of graceful datedness that justifies the restaurant's status as a Virginia Historic Landmark.

Ambiance is the strongest suit here. The food is traditional short-order fare, and the quality of the cooking is solid but unremarkable. Try the Western sandwich -- a small omelette served on toast -- for a satisfying snack. When choosing side orders, avoid the home fries, which are mushy and overly greasy, and go with the first-rate french fries. All in all, the cuisine complements the atmosphere, and you have to appreciate the management's sense of humor in printing the slogan "Good Food Is Good Health" on a menu that features dishes like french toast with a choice of bacon, sausage, ham or scrapple.

Like many establishments of its kind, the 29 Tastee Diner draws its customers from a highly eclectic base; so no matter who you are, you shouldn't have much trouble feeling at home here.

-- Jess Lang

Tastee 29 diner: Intersection of rt 29 and rt 123 (ox rd.) caddy corner from a Denny's, next to a car dealership. Fairfax. The Tastee 29 was finally declared a historic landmark a few years ago (I think) much to the GREAT chagrin of the local suburban yuppies who populate the area. I've been going there since high school, which now adds up to a few years. The only coffee I have ever tasted that was better than that at the Tastee was in France ... It has an insane mix of people: locals, country-types (how p.c.), random business people, students (of both high school and college, and most of the outcast society of Fairfax (or annoyingly termed alternatives)... it has the ideal atmosphere to sit drink coffee and read, hangout, eat, or just get away. The point of all of this is that I spend a lot of time! -- name withheld

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