I’ve written about Sam’s Morning Glory Diner previously, although not always by name, and since then it’s come under new ownership and is now simply Morning Glory Diner.

It opened back in the 90s when I was living on Clymer Street, and I used to go there on Saturday mornings for breakfast or brunch. When my sister came for a visit, I took her there.

Sometime in the 2010’s, when Scalia was still spewing out his hateful opinions, the diner turned political, naming one of their menu items “Scalia Is a Douche”, which sold out in no time, and putting handwritten, political signs in their windows.

It didn’t take long before their web site was hacked, and instead of getting a menu, visitors to themorningglorydiner.com were redirected to a campaign site promoting Trump.

Samantha “Sam” Mickey opened Sam’s Morning Glory Diner in 1997, but 

Mickey battled brain cancer, and was mourned in the restaurant community and beyond when she passed away in 2012 at 44 years old, leaving three young children. Her mom Carol, who’s an attorney, took over, and a few years later started putting her own distinctive imprimatur on the restaurant.

Since the Scalia frittata, the daily specials menu has continued to feature new dish names reflecting Carol Mickey’s disdain toward President Donald Trump and conservatives generally, as well as her affection for Democrats— particularly District Attorney Larry Krasner, a longtime regular, and Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Menus have offered “Hate Makes You Hungry” tacos and a “Gov Shapiro Is Pro-Life” scramble, and dishes that say Krasner or Shapiro “eats free.” 

Others include “Ban Guns Not Pastrami Scramble,” “Read a Banned Book Then Enjoy A Breakfast Quesadilla,” and topical recent titles like “The King’s Castle Needs A Ballroom Scramble” (with turkey sausage, spinach, shiitakes and smoked mozzarella), “Secy Duffy is a Douche Chilaquiles” (referring to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation), “Shapiro 2028 Sausage Gravy and Eggs,” and “Enact the 25th Amendment then eat Eggs Benedict Florentine.”

Here are some menus from 2024 and 2025: