NOTE: This post comes from outside the blog's coverage area from Southwestern Pennsylvania. This will also be October's look at a Kmart visit done early as a thank you for 10,000 views to the blog.
Rather than closing the fancy restaurant inherited from its days as a Grants location as most have, one lone Kmart stores continues to serve a diner experience just outside of Belle Vernon, PA. I stopped by this location on my most recent return trip home from Tennessee and had dinner at the 'Route 201 Kmart Diner,' or as the signs say, the 'KCafe Family Restaurant.'
Rather than starting with the exterior as a normally would, I saved that for last. We instead start with why this particular location is so unique compared to other restaurants:
The menu was something that was just begging to be photographed:
A quick look at the rest of the store:
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| Good to see that this store has mannequins. |
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| The Appliance takeover of electronics. |
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| Old 90s price scanner sign. |
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| The restaurant must be doing rather well if they are looking for additional help. I can say for a fact that it has many regulars as I overheard conversations between an employee and multiple customers. |
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| Chef Bluelight |
Rating: 9 out of 10. Busy, unique and well-stocked describe this store from my experience. Even though Walmart is right down the road, this store had plenty of customer traffic. Not to mention the fact that there are plenty of regulars who come for the restaurant attached. (Which by the way, actually has really good prices for a diner.) The score is not a perfect 10 as the store could be a little cleaner.
In Danger of Closing?: Possible, but hard to tell.
