Where the smell of fresh cups of coffee and warm pancakes filling the air mingles with the sounds of servers greeting customers, Henry’s Diner, known by many as a Burlington institution, is celebrating a century in business. “I’ve been coming here not 100 years, but a long long time, probably 60 years,” said Ernie Goodrich who joined staff and other long-time patrons for the festivities at Henry’s on Wednesday. Goodrich said breakfast at Henry’s is a cherished decades-long tradition. “Mostly we come weekend, early morning, first one at the door,” he said. It’s not just the food, that Goodrich said keeps him coming back. “The staff, the wait people and cooks, they’re all great people that’s why I keep coming here,” he said. Goodrich knows when he walks through the doors of Henry’s Diner, he’ll find staff like manager Kimberly Smith, waiting behind the counter ready to greet him bright and early.Smith said after four years working at Henry’s, the community inside the Bank Street Diner has begun to feel like family. “I just love the fact that the people that come here have been coming here for years,” Smith said. “They share memories with me, they welcome me like I was a 50 year memory with them, like family.”As staff joined together over food, music and conversation with friendly, familiar faces, Patricio Ortiz, the diner’s current owner, said he’s looking forward to serving up many more years of memories at Henry’s.”Every time we serve something a family enjoys or whoever comes here enjoys we create a memory,” Ortiz said. “So when they come here it reminds them of that specific time in their lives that they can enjoy again.”
Where the smell of fresh cups of coffee and warm pancakes filling the air mingles with the sounds of servers greeting customers, Henry’s Diner, known by many as a Burlington institution, is celebrating a century in business.
“I’ve been coming here not 100 years, but a long long time, probably 60 years,” said Ernie Goodrich who joined staff and other long-time patrons for the festivities at Henry’s on Wednesday.
Goodrich said breakfast at Henry’s is a cherished decades-long tradition.
“Mostly we come weekend, early morning, first one at the door,” he said.
It’s not just the food, that Goodrich said keeps him coming back.
“The staff, the wait people and cooks, they’re all great people that’s why I keep coming here,” he said.
Goodrich knows when he walks through the doors of Henry’s Diner, he’ll find staff like manager Kimberly Smith, waiting behind the counter ready to greet him bright and early.
Smith said after four years working at Henry’s, the community inside the Bank Street Diner has begun to feel like family.
“I just love the fact that the people that come here have been coming here for years,” Smith said. “They share memories with me, they welcome me like I was a 50 year memory with them, like family.”
As staff joined together over food, music and conversation with friendly, familiar faces, Patricio Ortiz, the diner’s current owner, said he’s looking forward to serving up many more years of memories at Henry’s.
“Every time we serve something a family enjoys or whoever comes here enjoys we create a memory,” Ortiz said. “So when they come here it reminds them of that specific time in their lives that they can enjoy again.”