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Visit us at Tom's Diner A Folino's Family Restaurant
1719 E. Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
412-488-8108
Tom's Diner A Folino Family Restaurant Menu 2008
Tom's Diner - South Side
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Clinton meets voters
Candidate ends of regional visit
Clinton with diner owner
Justin Merriman/Tribune-Review
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Diner Ladies (Left to Right): Donna Cole (Cole Cafe), Wendy Betten (Hot Metal Diner) Penny Folino (front) (Tom's Diner), Kelly O'Connor (Kelly O's Diner), and Sherrie Goldstein (Square Cafe)
We are a group of five, women-owned diners
in the Pittsburgh area. Though we are all friends,
each of our diners is unique,
and we invite you to visit each of them:
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Penny’s Stuffed
Croissant French Toast
6 Fresh Croissants from your favorite local independent bakery
6 Large eggs
¾ Cup of Milk
¼ tsp. Cinnamon Extract or Cinnamon Powder
¼ Cup of Vegetable Oil
½ tsp. Vanilla
Fresh Blackberries and Strawberries for garnish
Filling:
2 Cups Whipped or Softened Cream Cheese
Your choice of fruit filling
Apple Pie filling
Cherry Pie filling
Peanut Butter (natural)
Chocolate Chips (for garnish)
Directions:
Heat griddle or frying pan to medium heat with the vegetable oil. Beat eggs, milk cinnamon extract and vanilla extract all together. Split croissants in half, then dip in egg mixture.
Grill until brown on both sides, then spread bottom half of croissants with some of the whipped cream cheese while in hot pan. Top with your favorite fruit filling, then place the top croissant on, and serve with fresh berries and whipped cream. Drizzle with maple syrup and garnish with fresh fruit.
Note: If making stuffed peanut butter croissants, omit the cream cheese!
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- Date and Style
- Tom's Diner - historic building:
- --1715 East Carson Street was built around 1882, and was enlarged and altered in 1890 and 1901 with Classical details.
- Facade improvements funded through the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Streetface Program
- Facts and Stories Worth Knowing
- According to a history prepared by Carol J. Peterson, “Louis Kemler, a Pittsburgh fireman, commissioned construction of the original section of 1715 East Carson Street in 1882. The original section of the building was constructed at a cost of $1,000, on a lot that Kemler had purchased for $3,000 earlier the same year. The building was enlarged and altered in 1890, for $1,800, and in 1901, for $1,500. …Kemler's first tenant was probably Samuel Beck, who operated a boot and shoe store…in 1883 and 1884.
- The building was later used as a dry goods store (in the late 1890s and early 1900s) and as a house furnishings and hardware store (between 1904 and 1910).
- “In 1915,” continues Peterson, “William J. Bernardi began operation of one of the South Side's earliest motion picture theatres at 1715 East Carson Street. Bernardi's unnamed theatre was succeeded in 1916 by the Royal Theater, owned by William F. Boehmer. Boehmer and other proprietors operated the Royal Theater…through 1921. The theatre was again known as the Novelty Theater in 1922, its last year of operation.”
- Isaly's--famous for chipped ham, Klondikes, and dairy products--occupied 1715 East Carson Street from 1932 into the 1980s, followed by a pizza shop and the South Shore Diner.
- Tom's Diner opened in 1998, and occupies 1713 East Carson Street also. Customers to the diner include players on the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Steelers. Actor Robert Downing, Jr. has visited Tom's Diner, and a scene from the Hollywood movie“10th & Wolf” was filmed there.
- 1713 East Carson housed Ed's Motor Parts in the 1980s.
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