Looking for a place that serves breakfast specials all day? At Farmer's Table, you've got it.

This cream-color decorated, truckstop-reminiscent restaurant welcomes the whole town in and has the space to put them.

Furthermore, the commeraderie among the waitresses, who seemingly spoke with nods, looks and body language, was such that you're invited in to dine at the courtesy of a family.

At one point, I thought some of them were sisters, perhaps. And felt like I'd walked onto the set of the old sitcom "Alice," minus the crazy outfits.

Julie and I visited Farmer's Table last Friday for lunch. It was lunch for me. Breakfast for her.

I ordered a French dip with the choice of (no yuppie salad option here, somewhat to my dismay, unless you pay extra) french fries, potato chips, mashed potatoes with gravy or hash browns ($5.85). I asked for the french fries even though one of my eyebrow waxing skin advisors says no. It was the first time I could remember ordering french fries in months.

The specials board beckoned me to further order clam chowder ($2.60).

Julie ordered a cheese omelette ($5.95) that came with a choice of hash browns or grits and toast, biscuit or two dollar-size pancakes. She chose hash browns and the pancakes. Both of us ordered Pepsi (95 cents each, 50-cent refills).

Not two minutes after I put in the soup order, it was hot and at my table in a large bowl.

I've eaten clam chowder at Malibu's Gladstone's Restaurant, which is frequented by Jean-Claude Van Damme (I also saw "Nick" from Young and the Restless on the beach below soaking his feet in the waves). There, it had a smoother, liquid-like consistency, but it was good nonetheless. Here, it would definitely do for the mid-winter afternoon, with the mildly chunky, hot soup that may get me over this cold yet.

My French dip arrived shortly after I'd set the soup spoon down, as did Julie's omelette. It was cut into halves and served with pickle slices and hot, liquidy dip. I was thankful the French fries were sliced as thin strips, alleviating some of my guilt. They also were not as greasy as I might expect.

I don't usually order French dip, but this fit the bill for what I'd expect of such a sandwich, and the beef was well sliced and cut to be manageable for something that could easily be a messy sandwich. I need to go back and try out the breakfast menu, which is sizable, more than doubling the number of items they have down for lunch.

Julie's cheese omelette was served with both cheddar and mozzarella cheese and the hash browns were "cooked the way I like them," she said. She also mentioned, which I agree with, that the portions were generous.

"The menu is similar to what you'd find at Village Inn or Perkins, so if you'd like those places, you'd probably like Farmer's Table," Julie said. Yet, the gentleman answering the phone who always kindly refers to women callers as "ma'am," relays it isn't open at all hours: "6 a.m. to 2 p.m. all the time."