She remembers everybody's order. Hodges, the diner who likens Garcia to a community bulletin board, can attest to that. About seven years ago, Hodges drove from his Rossmoor home to a doctor's appointment in Long Beach. Happy with good news from the physician, he decided to celebrate with an apple fritter and coffee. She saw me coming and had it on the counter.
Some regulars have favorite stools.
Garcia has their orders on the counter before they park. Sometimes it is necessary for Garcia to seat them strategically because arguments of ideology can shake the windows like a big rig on Seventh Street. In the early 1990s, the regular called themselves the Alamitos Dunking and Debating Society. Now this is the closest thing we have. They argue about politics all the time.