Gallery: On the Fly diner serves Cajun-style food with southern hospitality
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Gray Wessel sprinkles powdered sugar onto crunchberry pancakes for a finishing touch. Crunchberry pancakes are an On the Fly special.
Joe Zhao | Video Editor / The Daily Orange
On the Fly is nestled in Syracuse’s Lyncourt neighborhood. The diner opened this summer and serves Cajun-inspired breakfast and lunch foods.
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Tracy, Gray and John Wessel at their diner, On the Fly. The family is originally from Seattle and has a longtime love of Cajun food.
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As Gray prepares meals from scratch, Tracy moves back and forth from the kitchen to tables serving plates to customers. The mother-son duo runs the diner’s daily operations.
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In the kitchen, Gray reaches for ingredients. After studying at culinary school, he wanted to open a diner that used fresh, locally-sourced ingredients.
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John hand-paints On the Fly’s mural. It depicts a sci-fi scene combining the Seattle, New Orleans and Syracuse skylines.
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Gray prepares toast for customers. Tracy made the biscuits, a diner signature, that sit to Gray’s left.
Joe Zhao | Video Editor / The Daily Orange
An On the Fly classic breakfast includes eggs, bacon, toast and potatoes. Several restaurantgoers ordered the plate for a late Saturday breakfast.
