They said it couldn’t be done. Actually, they said it shouldn’t be done.
In suburban Washington DC, there are three Tastee Diners. Actually, there are now two as one closed this week. The Tastee Trifecta is having a meal in each, all in one day. Ten days ago, I completed the Tastee Trifecta. I’ve been meaning to do this for some time and I did it just in the nick of time. There are no more Tastee Trifectas possible after the closure of the Silver Spring Tastee.
For breakfast, I went to the Tastee Diner in downtown Bethesda MD. It’s a place I sometimes eat breakfast. On Monday I had two poached eggs, bacon, home fries and coffee. As always, it was a satisfying meal. The diner was half full and had a spirited vibe.
For lunch, I ate at the Tastee Diner in Laurel MD. It was only the second time I have been there, both times for lunch. In both cases I was one of the very few people in the diner. Last Monday I had a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich and a cup of coffee. The grilled cheese sandwich was a bit runnier than I like and the coffee was diner coffee. Meh.
For dinner, I went to the Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring MD. I have been there at most four times and found it to be the largest and most populated of the three diners. I had what was called a T-bone steak, but I could find no T shaped bones in it. Why I would think to have a steak there is a mystery to me. Perhaps it was due to the fact that they were our of the Prime Rib, a Monday special at the Silver Spring Tastee. In addition, I had fries and a side salad. Both were acceptable.
I would not call the day a gastronomic success. Were I to do the Trifecta again, I think I would have a breakfast meal at each diner, no matter what time of day. Diners are best for breakfast.
I’m told there is a Japanese belief that one should climb Mount Fuji exactly once. It’s important to have done it, but there’s no need to do it more than once. I feel the same way about Las Vegas. The Tastee Trifecta falls into a related experience model. There’s no need to do it more than once, but unlike Mt. Fuji, it’s not really important to do it all.
Given the recent closure of the Silver Spring Tastee, I’m pretty certain that I’ll be the last person to do the Tastee Trifecta. In fact, I might well be the only person to ever have done it. Perhaps this is my chance to be in the Guinness Book of World Records.