Plainview In View

Plainview has several streets that look like "main streets". On one of those pseudo-main streets we found a small restaurant with a long name, something like: JUST A FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD DINER TO HANG OUT AT. Something like that. As soon as we got in I noticed the stink of cigarette smoke. There were several seedy-looking old farts sitting at a bar smoking and drinking coffee, and sitting around small tables smoking and drinking coffee. I suggested getting out of there but then my wife remembered that all of Plainview is like that. They have no no-smoking ordinances. Fortunately, the place we chose was fairly well ventilated, except the men's restroom, which was an inferno. It was a good place to squat, squeeze, light up a cigarette and sweat like a hawg, if that was your pleasure.  Yee HAAA! At any rate the hamburgers we ordered were good and the menu was interesting. Most of the hamburgers listed featured hot ingredients like pepper jack cheese and jalapenos. While we were there I noticed that the folks in Plainview look at you funny. They even look at each other funny. By this time I was freaking out and ready to have Plainview in my rearview mirror. But we drove around a little bit more before we left. As a side note, Plainview had the only remaining Spud Nut joint in Texas. These were doughnut shops but the doughnuts were made from potato flour and were really quite good. There used to be one in Lubbock across from Lubbock High School. Buddy Holly might have eaten a Spud Nut or two. But that one went under many years ago. And Plainview's Spud Nut shop bit the dust relatively recently. So now you can no longer enjoy a potato doughnut anywhere. That's kind of sad.