The daily specials are handwritten with a marker on a board, which hangs on a wall right above a montage of pictures of customers. If you miss a town meeting you can come here and find out what's going on. Today, Casey is enjoying a bowl of won ton soup, perhaps the most popular dish on the diner's menu. With four tables, two booths and 10 seats around a U-shaped counter, space is at a premium. Along with the food, she serves up some good-natured ribbing.
Customers here are very demanding.
People only have a half-hour. But the half-hour time limit is more of a joke than a rule. The diner, a stone's throw away from Appleby School, is often visited by teachers on their lunch break and by municipal employees. Levy has eaten breakfast and lunch at Lee's for the past 20 years. People would pass other places just to come here.