There's a chrome counter with nine seats in the back, and a smatter of black tables in the front. The black booths are covered in a fuzzy fabric, protecting shorts-wearing patrons from dreaded vinyl burn. In a few weeks, the restaurant will include 10 to 12 tables of outdoor seating in the backyard. Where dollar signs are commonly found, the paper menu at Morning Glory features little hearts before the prices, which are low. The most expensive thing on the menu, the turkey meatloaf, is heart-7.
Portions are big in the way that Alaska is big.
The soup of the day, escarole and white bean, was a drag, in that it lacked a rich enough vegetable broth to keep things interesting. If you have never tried one, this is the place to do so. I'm kind of fantasizing about it right now, as a matter of fact. I disagree with her. First of all, she is on a stupid diet, and lately given to panicked exaggerations of this sort.