I am looking for a diner. Ever since my Kings College days, too few of which were spent at the Spartan Restaurant at Quinpool and Oxford, I have sought out a local diner. In Pembroke, the Lucky Inn was great, especially the Lemon Chicken, but diners and Chinese-Canadian restaurants are siblings, not the same thing. In Charlottetown, my diner was the Harp and Thistle pub managed and flavoured by the since departed foul-mouthed buddy-of-mine Chris who brought hot chicken tikka marsala to spudland. I only had his English breakfast once - living 35 km out of town - but, as he brought in his ingredients from NS and even Toronto rather than rely on what was available, it was a standout.

This Sunday lunch, out and about in Kingston, we four - aged 40, 33, 4 and 3 - went to the Right Spot Restaurant, on Wellington in an old Limestone. Inside the building shown at the right is the least trendy restauant I have ever been in [other than the Indian lady on Quinpool who a few years ago was selling nice basic curry out of what felt like her living room...and every place I ate at in Poland...but when we get comparing with restaruants in the boonies of Eastern Europe, you get the point] Let me just leave it that the Right Spot is like the Calais, Maine Irving Big Spot without all the romance.

Inside, downtown city regulars - nice people of modest income carrying on pleasant conversation - sat at a few tables and booths. Good tip off for a good diner. So, we go to a booth in the back where I could watch the kitchen and the front, notice the place has a website advertised in the window and get the menue. Your review of the menu on the site will no doubt raise the same thought - either this in 1972 or the couple running the place have a big trust fund backing them, like the Toronto Star. Likely neither, though the decor left me wondering the same when we left.

The club sandwiches were up there with the best, made from bread rather than Texas Toast or some other gigantasaurus of baking, and the kids meal was big enough for them to share one. The best touch was the kids' chocolate milk which was made for us with Quik. Why doesn't everyone do that and charge me $1.00. Aside from the heading "Grilled Beef and Swine", the menu is pure comfort food - just what a diner should be. Being a Greek family business, they also have dolmades, a particular favorite of mine.

I am going to go once a week for a while if only to save money I now know I waste making my own lunch from leftovers.