103-105 High Street Prahran 3181
Phone 03 9510 0033
Comparisons with Happy Days are unavoidable as you walk into Misty’s Diner, a 1950s style eatery and car wash (uh huh). That’s right, bring your car in for some sprucin’, and chow down on diner-style fare in retro surroundings; leather/laminex booth seating, coin slot tabletop juke boxes and the smell of grease and fries. There is a hefty amount of patriotism here, not only in the proliferation of American candies and soft drinks on offer. All dishes come with at least one American flag, and some of them, even two!
I kept it simple (or so I thought) and ordered a cheeseburger with gourmet fat fries (yes, that IS what they are called) cooked in cottonseed oil. Actually, the fat fries were darn tootin’ tasty! The burger came skewered with a pickle, which I absolutely adore (my time spent in Canada provided me with appreciation for such things). The burger…well, it was…okay. I expected a juicy flame-grilled meat pattie, but instead got something I think had been grilled earlier and just pre-heated. It was a little on the dry side.
Dan went the Misty’s American Style Burger, which came with cheese, egg, bacon, sauteed onions and Misty’s special sauce. On the side, a mountain (and I mean MOUNTAIN) of chilli cheese fries; chips topped with a mince and red bean chilli con carne. Oh my…I can feel the arteries hardening now.
If you’re not completely full after all that, you may want to sample their Oreo thickshake, or their behemonth of a brownie. My second stomach, which is usually good for such things, couldn’t even attempt it after that burger and fries! A hearty feed indeed.
Ha! And I thought I had to travel for this kind of experience.
I just browsed the menu and am more tempted by the Veg Out Platter than I’d care to admit.
Those fries look goooooooood.
xox Sarah
The Veg out Platter does look good, Cindy, as did your pics from the US. Mel and I would so love to do a road trip across America!
Mmm, the fries were very good Sarah, and I was so pleased that I could get Diet Dr Pepper, which you can faintly see in the first pic! With a new president, are we allowed to start publicly liking American stuff again??
That burger looks uncannily like the seriously good Steak Sanger served up at the Pascoe Vale RSL.
Valiantly as I try
I have yet to succeed to finish one.
An insurmountable task.
A bit like Gallipoli all over again.
“At the going down of the clearing of the table and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Hey Meself – uh huh, an insurmountable task indeed. But I am always willing to give it a good go, all in the name of blogging
Hey this reminds me of Soda Rock at the intersection of Chapel St and Toorak Rd!
Hey Tine – must be something about Prahran that channels retro diners!
I’ve been to Misty’s a few times now and love it when I’m in need of some serious comfort food. It never fails to disappoint, and she personally takes service to another level. Personal faves are the chili, and she does a yummy breakfast, which strangely includes onion but still works.