After all, it's a new millennium. It's possible to love truck stop food and organic, shade-grown, arabica bean coffee. The service at Omar's is clearly from the last millennium, circa 1950. I mean this in the best way. These are women who would call you by name if they could, who actually care whether or not you enjoy your food.
Lunch is an expedient matter, despite the large menu.
The American food is fantastic, and the Mexican and Italian food are both better than you'd expect them to be. Liver and onions with bacon and chicken fried steak are the two dishes that best represent the American section. The liver is tender and homey, and the gravy that comes with the steak is worthy of a homemade biscuit. One of my editors said the chicken fried steak wasn't as good as Ajo Caf 's version, but I've yet to test this hypothesis. My other editor had one of the largest lunches I've seen in years, a huge platter of chicken parmesan with salad, rice pilaf, peas with pearl onions, and garlic bread.