Everyone loves a go-to place that churns out comfort food like burgers, omelettes and classic pancakes to perfection. Mr. Jones, the newly-opened restaurant in Greenbelt 5, is inspired by the 1960’s contemporary diner and takes comfort food a notch higher by mixing diner staples with house specialties. Up-market but unpretentious, Mr. Jones is a place where you can take your parents out to eat or  lounge around with your friends.

Raintree Restaurants’ Martin and Andrej Wisniewski with chef Kalel Chan, the same group behind Chelsea, M Café, and MoMo, filled the menu with easy American favorites like ½ Inch Thick Double-Smoked Bacon and Eggs (P450) and Homemade Char-Grilled “Superman” Burger (P420) and mixed in dishes that border on “gourmet diner food” such as Melted “Old Bay” Crab & Dory Thermidor (P350). Breakfast meals are available all day while the health-conscious have salad and seafood choices. Desserts are also on the menu for those jonesing for a sugar fix.

Notable menu stand-outs include the Challah French Toast (P295), a tower of thick-sliced Challah bread, stuffed with nutella and raspberry preserves, caramelized bananas and served with bacon and orange slices; and the Garlic Portobello Steak  and Eggs (P450), griddled beef tenderloin served with three eggs cooked any style, roasted rosemary breakfast potatoes topped with garlic-roasted Portobello mushrooms.

Menu stand-out: Challah French Toast (P295)

Old-fashioned milkshakes, flavored iced teas, bottled “Pop,” classic cocktails and a good selection of gourmet brews like Flying Dog, Beck’s, Rogue and Stella Artois join the beverage list. Expat Americans have been pleasantly surprised to find out they serve egg creams.