Over the past several years, many of us who frequently travel on Amtrak’s long-distance trains have noticed a decline in both the quality of the food and the variety of items on the menu. And for many discouraging months, all long distance trains featured identical menus. Apparently that has changed. There was a…
One of the duties of an Amtrak sleeping car attendant is to bring meals to your sleeping car roomette or bedroom should you decide to dine in. But outside of being ill or unable to walk on a moving train, why anyone would want to miss the dining car experience is a mystery to me….
Many sleeping car passengers think they don’t need to tip in an Amtrak dining car because their meals are “free”. Of course that’s not true because the cost of their meals is included in the fare they paid for their sleeping car accommodations. As to how much to tip, I do as I would…
Yes, French Toast is back on the breakfast menu in the dining cars on Amtrak’s long-distance trains. That makes me and, I’m sure, a great many other frequent Amtrak passengers very happy because French Toast is our breakfast-of-choice when traveling overnight on the train. That said, I must confess I really had no idea…