Word: spoonfuls
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...solution was observed recently in a New Salem, Mass., diner where a regular breakfaster, having ordered his cereal and coffee, surveyed the counter and found it sugarless. Beckoning the proprietor, he asked genially what had become of the sweetening. After reaching behind the counter, the owner approached the customer, spoon in hand and sugar bowl protectively clutched to his bosom. "How many spoonfuls you want on your Wheaties?" came the grim question. "How many in the coffee...
...Bartley's Burger Cottage, 1246 Mass Ave, Bartley's has all the trappings of a typical Square greasy spoon--sticky table-tops, and the like--but with a difference: good food. Bartley's raises greasy-spoondom to an art form. Its hamburgers are easily the best in Cambridge and come in an exotic assortment, including, for instance, four different flavors of cheese for cheeseburgers. You have to pay, of course, for what you get, so the 30 or so varieties of burgers all cost more than a dollar. There are also a series of sandwiches with names like "Harvard Special...
...Tastee Restaurant, in Harvard Square. The Tastee Restaurant is crammed in between The Wusthaus and the liquor store in the very heart of Harvard Square. However, the locale only makes the Tastee easier to overlook. Superficially, this spot seems the cleanest of all the greasy-spoon joints in this town, but it is also the smallest, with only a dozen seats around a counter. The Tastee has its regulars, but as it fronts the Square, it generally caters to an older and non-Harvard clientele. The food is good and reasonably-priced, and the close quarters lead to inevitable conversation...
...peers at the cover of the cereal box--"Fruit Loops." She lets out a yawn. "Sit down and eat some Fruit Loops." And we watch as Bill, so banged up he is barely able to move, his eyes heavy with beer and exhaustion, sits down with a spoon in his hand and begins to eat his Fruit Loops...
...Both attract a lot of high school kids out on their first drinking flings. But Charlie's Kitchen has probably the best bar food in the Square. Upstairs there is always room for groups of seven to ten people and the food is definitely a cut above greasy spoon quality...