Penny's Diner in Wellington

I was holding off on the restaurant review for Rachel, but as she is off to camp, you are stuck with me. We actually chose to go to Wellington largely because of Penny's Diner. It had good reviews on the internet and more importantly is open 24 hours, seven days a week. Since we had to go on a Sunday, we really struggled to find someone open. Penny's hours cater to the railroad workers, but we saw all kinds of folks in the place.

Penny's resembles Walt's Diner on Tyler Road in Wichita with its shiny, modular exterior. The inside was clean and bright with black and white tile and old timey ads liberally scattered across the walls. The menus are laminated and feature breakfast, sandwiches, hamburgers and typical diner fare, even a blue plate special. I ordered the "Hearty Breakfast" to refuel after my strenuous big one mile run: pancakes, hash browns, two strips of bacon and one egg over medium. Rachel, quite unexpectedly, decided against breakfast and ordered what turned out to be a fairly large hot dog and some tater tots. Dan opted for a chicken fried steak sandwich with a side of homemade potato chips. Our family looked like a cardiologist's new Porsche in the making.

Everybody was pretty happy with the food. Rachel was surprised at the size of the hot dog and praised the "fluffy bun" and her crispy tater tots. My breakfast was yummy, but then it's pretty hard to mess up pancakes (although I've seen it happen). The real show stopper though was Dan's chicken fried steak; ridiculously large (as they are wont to be) this thing was nevertheless, really light and crispy, not that sodden slab of greasy breaded meat that you sometime get.

This is one reason to run.

Dan's light little sandwich

Rachel's dramatic hot dog consumption

After the meal, we waddled out to check out a few more of the sights and sounds of Wellington. Lots of railroad history and current railroad activity, so my train fanatic husband approved of the town. Here are a few more pictures from the day. 

Railroad Museum