Superior - Mississippi Mills

Superior was a casualty of us not taking a local 's advice of where to eat. Joe 's Italian up the street they said, Italian whaaaa? we wanted diner food for brunch, not Italian. Superior looked like an awesome classic Ontario diner, and if I was making excuses for it, I would guess that they haven 't recovered from a deep covid slumber or maybe got long-covid and in a stunned state to this day. The first bad sign was customers trying to check out seemingly stuck at the til when we came in, even though the place was almost empty with one poor server harried and harassed-looking although pleasant when pushed. The decor was classic diner alright, with the solid, bolted to the floor, metal stools lined up along the counter where you would typically enjoy a milkshake back in the day. But something wasn 't right. Either the interior hadn 't been steam cleaned in decades or Satan was lurking in the shadows oozing that fog of evil. There seemed to be a kind of haze that made everything look dank and depressing. We settled in a booth, luckily, which was tight and encouraged you to sit sideways with feet stuck out into the aisle, just weird, but comfy once settled in. Then the menu. It was the typical old-school diner food with absolutely no updating since forever. I recognized this type of menu from when I grew up out in western Canada. Basically meat and potatoes with absolutely no seasoning whatsoever. The idea is that if you add gravy to something, you 're done with adding any kind of flavour, other than maybe something that the boiled water was used for previously. Bland on Bland. White on Rice. Our order was fried chicken with roll and mashed potatoes, plus an open face turkey sandwich. The roll was bite sized, but ok. The chicken wasn 't bad, and probably had enough salt and tasty enough. The open faced sandwich is basically a piece of Wonderbread with turkey on top and then smothered with gravy. The kind of meal you have before getting into your Kenworth truck. The only sparkle from what I remember these places having was from dessert. Usually pie, or ice cream or maybe both. We got excited to see both milkshakes and a banana split on the menu! Nope, only ice cream was available, no pie or anything. The more questions, the more disappointments, reminiscent of the cheese shop scene. I could hear another table far away comment excitedly when I asked about the desserts, only to hear some moaning after that. They had the rice pudding? ok fine. See the pic of that mess, what a poor-looking excuse for a dessert. Good gawd.

Now I wouldn 't call this place superior , but it did work for what we needed and that was a good meal. Very basic diner. Basic food and diner menu. This I knew going into it and is what I was expecting. The person who seated us also took our order. Not overly friendly but not rude either. The gem was in the older gentleman who brought our food and made sure all was well. I would definitely come back if ever back in Almonte.

Really not sure what to say. This restaurant is not the same I remember. I was there recently and it's going on. decided not to eat. The Diner Dekor look is the same as years ago when I went all the time. It's clear. Areas are unused and split. Not sure about the reviews here. I wonder if the locals who remember the days of glory do not realize that it is not the same superior they know and love. Take my review with a salt grain. I didn't eat during my visit.

Service wasn't great, we sat at a table for a long time before we were even asked if we wanted coffee. It was frustrating because others who came well after us were served. Breakfast was okay, nothing exciting here very easy. We found it very expensive for the 3 of us to eat breakfast. We were also very surprised that the coffee was extra.

Best fries n gravy ever!!! The milkshakes are fantastic. Service: Dine in Meal Type: Lunch Price per person: CA$10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Pizza, Fries, Poutine, Club Sandwich