While they might not all hail from the South, the folks that run the Pony Express Country Diner have plenty of southern hospitality. Restaurant co-owners Sam Cooke and Tom Gregory Sr. greet all of their patrons with wide smiles and booming salutations of "Welcome!" and "How are you today?" While in the kitchen, one of the restaurant's cooks, Brooklyn native Hopeton Gordon, can be heard singing as he works the grill.