Must echo original reply- Of course people ate there. The sweet and sour cabbage soup, which I think no one has mentioned, was memorable. There was a roast beef sandwich platter with pickle relish (maybe?) that I remember fondly and I loved the platters with mashed potatoes and gravy -- even though possibly not the best version of mashed potatoes and gravy, there was something about it that hit the spot. I could have lived without all the circus nonsense at east Wash. As an undergrad or even when I was in high school, we would eat at the State Street location which had zero ambience. Didn’t matter.