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Elsie's Magic Skillet, American Diner on Richmond Highway in South Alexandria


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This place is located on Route 1 south of the WalMart and Costco.  If you pass the Goodwill going southbound, or the Costco going northbound, you've gone too far.  It's a hole-in-the-wall diner, but it's cheap with big portions and the coffee keeps coming (although the can of Diet Coke will cost $2.25; I needed it).

Today I got 2 scrambled eggs (they looked like they were more than 2), 4 slices of bacon, real home fries, and 2 large pancakes for $8.99 plus tax.  I'm going to get 3 meals out of it.  The eggs and potatoes needed some salt, but not a big deal.

Breakfast is served all day and the rest of the menu includes burgers, fried shrimp, and a whole lot else.

I could go to Denny's for the unlimited Diet Coke, but Elsie's is very much local and worth patronizing.  And I could probably cut back on the Diet Coke...

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This place is located on Route 1 south of the WalMart and Costco.  If you pass the Goodwill going southbound, or the Costco going northbound, you've gone too far.  It's a hole-in-the-wall diner, but it's cheap with big portions and the coffee keeps coming (although the can of Diet Coke will cost $2.25; I needed it).

Today for $8.99 I got 2 scrambled eggs (they looked like they were more than 2), 4 slices of bacon, real home fries, and 2 large pancakes for $8.99 plus tax.  I'm going to get 3 meals out of it.  The eggs and potatoes needed some salt, but not a big deal.

Breakfast is served all day and the rest of the menu includes burgers, fried shrimp, and a whole lot else.

I could go to Denny's for the unlimited Diet Coke, but Elsie's is very much local and worth patronizing.  And I could probably cut back on the Diet Coke...

This sounds cool. Love the name. :-)

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I have not been there, but my kids have (only because I am not a breakfast person). I keep thinking about how lucky my kids are, to have grown up here, w/ so many food choices around them- what happens if they move to a food desert? (Horrors, they might have to fix food themselves).

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