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SUMMER <strong>2022</strong> | 33<br />
The wall behind the bar at The Driftwood is adorned with pictures of regulars who have died, including Joe Walker (center), who was a favorite of longtime waitress Jan<br />
Frost.<br />
BREAKFAST, continued from page 31<br />
become attached, you become attached to<br />
a lot of your customers.”<br />
While not much has changed inside of<br />
the restaurant since Frost started working<br />
there decades ago — aside from the bar<br />
top changing colors from gray to red and<br />
getting rid of the soft serve machine, the<br />
menu certainly looks very different.<br />
Galvin quipped that one egg, bacon/<br />
sausage, toast, and a coffee used to go for<br />
99 cents, whereas now that same order<br />
will run you nearly seven dollars.<br />
But change isn’t always a bad thing<br />
for their customers, as now the variety<br />
of menu items ranges from the standard<br />
breakfast of eggs, homefries, and toast,<br />
to their signature pancake sundae which<br />
is adorned with bananas, blueberries,<br />
strawberries, and whipped cream.<br />
I opted for a more classic fare of what<br />
Galvin considered their most popular<br />
dishes — corned beef hash with eggs and<br />
toast. I ordered mine sunny side up, as I<br />
like a runny yolk, and when the plate was<br />
presented to me I could immediately recognize<br />
why the place has been in business<br />
for so long, as I’m not sure I’ve ever seen<br />
such perfectly-cooked eggs in my life.<br />
After ordering my meal, an older gentleman<br />
took a seat next to me at the bar<br />
BREAKFAST, continued on page 34<br />
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