Flashback to the Fifties

     There are any number of themed restaurants at the Walt Disney World complex.  But perhaps one of my favorites is the Prime Time Cafe at Hollywood Studios.  It took me back to the halcyon days of my childhood.  The restaurant is composed of 11 rooms of varying sizes but all with a common decor, that of a typical 1950s kitchen.  The tables are those classic chrome and formica ones that everyone used fifty years ago.  And on the black and white TVs scattered throughout were clips of such favorites as "I Love Lucy" and "Rin-Tin-Tin" running non-stop.  Even the wall hangings were period pieces.  Remember those copper fish molds and plastic roosters we used to hang up?  They were there.  How about the cat clock whose eyes moved in rythmn with the pendulum tail?   Yup, that was there, too.  And while the dining area was reminiscent of a kitchen, the waiting room looked just like a living room from yester-year.  It was almost like going home

     The menu was classic comfort food from that era, as well.  Meatloaf, pot roast, fried chicken, and pork chops complete with mashed potatoes, and greens.  And the waitstaff felt free to chide diners for putting their elbows on the table or not eating their vegetables, and weren't quiet about it either.

     Who says you can't go home again?