There’s something magical about sliding onto a vinyl stool at a counter where thousands of elbows have rested before yours, where the coffee is always brewing, and where the sizzle of the griddle provides the soundtrack to your morning.
At Courtesy Diner in St. Louis, that magic has been perfected to an art form.
You know those places that feel like they’ve been transported straight out of a different era?
Not in a dusty, museum-like way, but in that perfect time-capsule way where everything still works beautifully?…