Decor = former Communist bloc; Food = delicious

Hello readers, it's Susan, your vegetarian breakfast blogger, this morning. Today, we traveled to Brookline Village to go breakfast at what I affectionately call "the Tiny Diner." I didn't know the actual name of this place forever (Martin's Coffee Shop) because it's so small that you can easily walk by it without noticing its existence on Harvard St. Even though we arrived sort of early-ish at 10 am, there was already a short wait. Make sure you get here early, fellow diners! This place is small, and a queue builds quickly. During the wintertime, the line spills out onto the frozen street.

Once inside, we were seated at one of the few tables and our friendly waitress immediately brought over menus and coffee. There's a relatively impressive omelet and sides list on the menu (we found it amusing that you can order a single boiled egg for $1.50, if you so desire). The menu is pretty standard diner food; don't come here expecting to find pumpkin french toast. Food was brought out quickly, and coffee refills were frequent. Strangely, we were each only given a single piece of toast this morning (an oversight? or a new toast policy?), but Trav's giant heap of bacon seemed to make up for it. Homefries were good, as were the chocolate chip pancakes that we ordered on the side. Heather pointed out that our previous tasting of their iced coffee wasn't that remarkable (in both taste and quantity), but their regular coffee was okay.

We got a pretty decent amount of food, and our bill came to ~$32. Note that the Tiny Diner/Martin's only accepts CASH, so don't be bringing your dad's black Amex card. Foo.

Pros: food never disappoints, friendly waitstaff (unlike that damn Busy Bee Diner, god how I hate that place), decent prices

Cons: frequently a long wait for a table, cash only

Overall (on a scale of 1-5): 4