Flamingo Joe's Diner

Its not great, but it is not as bad as some have written.  I found the salad bar to be limited, but what was there was fresh.  They are trying really hard, but the night I was there they did not have a enough help to keep the food going and to keep the tables bussed.  The end effect was that the place seemed dirty..  I would go back, but so far I haven't.

The previous business in this building was a mediocre pizzeria; I can't remember what the ones before that were.  (This building has been through a lot of owners in the last six years.)  At least they had a pool table.

This restaurant is the epitome of everything I hate about Hoosier cuisine; poorly-cooked, unimaginative food that came out of a box or can, prepared by someone who grew up in a culture that's afraid of flavour.  The salad bar was full of limp, past-their prime ingredients, the soup was gelatinous and salt-filled, and my entree was seriously overcooked.  The highlights of the evening were the mother of all storms that passed through while we were eating and the news channels having a field day with Anthony Weiner jokes.  (Really, WHY DO RESTAURANTS NEED TELEVISIONS.)