I'm somewhat a creature of habit.  I find a local haunt that I like and I get on well with the staff, I'll return again and again.  One such place for me is a local diner called the "5 & Diner" also known as "Jack's Diner" also known as "the Route 66 Diner."  It's changed hands a number of times since it opened and both thrived and floundered under the different regime changes, but this crew seems to be a good match. 
I first visited the diner in 2007 when I was on a temporary assignment to Fort Leonard Wood for training.  I saw it only as a sleepy local diner back then and didn't give it much thought; five years later I've come to appreciate what it has become today.

With a modern jukebox filled with the music of yesteryear and checkerboard floors, the Diner has plenty of nostalgic appeal and flair.  The counter offers a comfortable up close and personal dining experience with the wait staff as well as the cooks who will say hello from the window.  The staff is attentive and friendly with a bit of a sassy flair to their humor.  Their menu is filled with your typical diner fair: burgers and other sandwiches, a generous breakfast menu that is available all day with your usual offerings of omelets, skillets, pancakes and the like.  Their dinner menu has a good selection of different meals and all the portions are ample.

I love this place.  I truly do.  If I could afford it and I didn't want to risk poor health due to eating out all the time, I would come here every day.  I'm an old soul with an antiquated sense of style so I guess you could say I fit in well there and could almost be considered a part of the decorum.  The heavy rolled cuffs of my Levi's, pompadour hair style, engineer boots and 40's/50's style motorcycle jacket blend in well with the two tone seating upholstery, chrome accented boomerang pattern tables and counter and the rounded polished stainless steel exterior features of the exterior of this stream-liner style diner.  When I walk in the door I am greeted by name by most of the wait staff and some of the management and they are setting a glass of sweet tea or a cup of coffee down on the counter for me as I am easing into the seat, and they all let me help myself to the coffee pot if they are a little busier than usual.  On slow days the servers and kitchen staff will converse with me on the various topics of the day.  They even inquire from time to time if I'd like to pick up a shift or two here and there on the weekends saying "you should just pick up a tray and go take orders since you practically know the menu by now!"