Serendipity- A laced up Jersey Diner

Serendipity 3 is a restaurant that is a block from my apartment. 99 times out of 100 I walk by this restaurant and there are tourists blocking my path down the street. These people annoy me, as they all fall into about 3 generic categories that I will describe in a second. Anyways so yesterday (Sunday) I unexpectedly made my first trip to this restaurant, and I figured I would detail it for you.

First off lets strip it down and talk about what this place really is. Basically Serendipity 3 is a Jersey Diner dressed up like an old lady's home. It is so popular because women across the country loved the movie entitled "Serendipity" that came out in 2001.

(By the way I was dragged through this movie MULTIPLE times by my ex-girlfriend, and the plot ot the movie has more holes than the Yankees batting order right now. )

I would describe Serendipity's interior as "lacey" and it tries to be very "1950's" in style. In this establishment you basically would expect a cat to run across the floor at any minute and for your grandma to be cooking you dinner. It has "retro looking tables too. One thing I didn't understand was the whole "General Store" aspect to the front of the place. I mean I get they are going for the old school theme, but they basically waste a good part of the store selling absolute crap. Like I can't think of one person who would like the shit they sell, maybe a bum or something.

Now lets break out the people who come to this restaurant. They basically come in 3 different types:

1) The whipped boyfriend and the sappy girlfriend-
Every time I see these people go in there I cringe, as I feel the boyfriend's pain. I mean I was almost "that guy" as my ex-girlfriend anted to go to this place in 2002, but luckily the line was too long (more on that later) and we were too impatient. This poor guy is eating at this place because his GF saw the movie and thinks it is romantic. He is going to overpay for diner food and ice cream to appease her and hope that by being romantic he can hook up later. He probably won't because she will be so full she'll get tired and want to go to bed and just cuddle. Sucks for him.

2)The group of 14 year old girls/middle aged women-
These are the people that clog up the side walk and make me want to walk into incoming traffic. they are the ones taking pictures in front of the restaurant and walking in packs of 12 at .002 MPH. They are either idealistic youngsters or old ladies who watch Lifetime movies. The will wait 3 hours outside the place to realize they could be on Route 17 in Jersey and paying 75% less for the same shit. They are predominantly from the Midwest (ie overweight) and almost always have one of those tourist maps in hand. They have no sidewalk ettiquite whatsoever.

3) Matt Billias type people-
I went there to see what the fuss was all about. I am sure there are a few people like me in my neighborhood that have done the same. I had their signature dish, the frozen hot chocolate, which was very good, but not worth the hour wait. Good thing I live in the neighborhood so I didn't wait outside at all. Seriously on Sunday if I saw people I know while waiting for a table there I might hurl myself in front of a bus.

I also realized that the waitstaff at Serendipity are douchebags. They were telling people outside that it was a two hour wait, while there were plenty of tables upstairs. I guess if I worked there I might hate the first two groups of people too and make their lives hell too. haha. Anyways thank you John Cusak for making my walk to the subway more annoying each day. I wish in your movie "Serendipity" you just stayed with your hotter wife to be instead of running around NYC to find that dumb bitch. Dammit I hate myself for remembering that movie. If you hadn't been such a sappy bitch I wouldn't have to wade through the mass of people whom make my block walk between 2nd and 3rd Ave on 60th Street a pain in the ass.