OP: The Streamliner Diner Cookbook

Ten Speed Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing.

Borrowing its name from the stainless steel, bullet-shaped greasy spoons situated inside abandoned train cars, the Streamliner Diner, accessible by a Bainbridge Island-bound ferry from Seattle, is a sort of second wave diner. 

The Streamliner straddles the fence with one foot in the homey, stick-to-your-ribs fare of a traditional diner (meat loaf, clam chowder, potato salad, lemon meringue pie) and the other in slightly bougier, healthier dishes like lentil, feta, and caper salad; tofu reubens; roasted orange-dijon chicken; jicama salad. But like any other, its strength is in the hodgepodge of patrons—folks from all walks coming together for a nice meal.

Ours is a first printing of the restaurant’s 1990 cookbook in Very Good condition. A few stray splatters here and there but otherwise very crisp.