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Last time I took Amtrak, all the dining car had were stale plain bagels. That was twenty years ago.
by viburnum 7y ago
Last time I took Amtrak, all the dining car had were stale plain bagels. That was twenty years ago.
- profmonocle 7y agoLast time I rode Amtrak (2016) the food was fairly good. Not exactly a five-star restaurant, but much better than airline food.
- wpietri 7y agoDefinitely. I rode the California Zephyr earlier this year and really liked the dining car. The staff was great and the food was decent. It wasn't the best meal ever, but it was definitely my best meal in a moving vehicle. And I liked the structure the fixed dining hours gave to the day. This change seems like a loss to me.
- beamatronic 7y agoI always hoped to ride this train some day and try out the dining car.
- greglindahl 7y agoI used Amtrak a lot in that era and I've never seen that.
- zackbloom 7y agoYou are probably talking about a Cafe Car, not a Dining Car. A dining car is (was) a fully self-contained restaurant. This move is essentially replacing that with your stale bagel vendor.
- astura 7y agoYou're getting the café car (https://m.amtrak.com/h5/r/www.amtrak.com/cafe-car https://m.amtrak.com/h5/r/www.amtrak.com/cafe-car) confused with the traditional dining car (https://m.amtrak.com/h5/r/www.amtrak.com/onboard/meals-dining/dining-car.html https://m.amtrak.com/h5/r/www.amtrak.com/onboard/meals-dinin...)