50's Prime Time Cafe at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios

We finally got to eat at the 50's Prime Time Cafe and it was a real blast from the past! This 1950's themed restaurant serves "homestyle" favorites in a series of dining rooms that look like 1950's kitchens. 

Awesome mid-century modern architecture of the waiting area, which is modeled on a 1950's living room. We collect starburst clocks and have the one over the bookcase.

It is all done in a terrific Mid-Century modern style with televisions playing vintage programming in the background.  The waiter was a real hoot...he was our "cousin" and made sure we kept our elbows off the table, sat with us at one point, and introduced us to everyone around us.  It was as if we were all friends and family eating in someone's house. 

Our "cousin"...the waiter

As we were there to celebrate Toddler Son's birthday (well "birth week") our "cousin" led the room in singing Happy Birthday and delivered a cupcake.  Most of the food was good, we had pot roast, the blue plate special of the day, and fried chicken. The fried chicken was fantastic, a real standout and the best dish we had. 

Birthday cupcake

Mostly though the highlight of the meal for us was the ambiance...we just love 1950's-1960's design.  And over the years we have collected many of the items we saw in the decor. The exterior architecture of the building is an impressive facsimile of a Los Angeles apartment building by the Austrian Modern Architect Rudolph Schindler.  Mom and Dad are familiar with him from their Architecture studies in college. Hollywood Studios really captures the architectural spirit of Southern California and helps us with our homesickness.

Los Angeles Style Mid-Century Modern Architecture

The Prime-Time is often compared and contrasted with the Sci-Fi Dine In. We have also eaten at the Sci-Fi Dine In several times, another retro 50's-60's themed eatery at Hollywood Studios. At the Dine In you are seated in convertibles in a "Drive-In Theater". For us although we did enjoy our visit to the Prime-Time we prefer the Sci-Fi Dine In because we enjoyed the food there as much as the ambiance.