Writer's Purpose in Story "Lou's Place" and How it was Achieved

Lou's Place, a descriptive piece seeks to create a vivid mental image of a quaint restaurant in located in Tennessee; it tells us how the restaurant- as though having a persona of its own- captures the heart of the narrator and those who set foot within its doors. It creates the image of a place timeless and frozen in time; a place that outlasts those who come to patronize and whose scene never changes. Customers grow old, but younger ones replace them and the place is always filled no matter what decade you enter.
The narrator introduces the place to the reader through a piece of nostalgia: recounting her first visit to the restaurant twenty years before. This helps create an image of endearment in the reader's heart, as we can all relate to moments in time that seem to capture us and change our lives forever. The evident recounting of fond memories also help foster this emotion- it seems that the narrator seeks not only to appeal to our senses but also to our emotions by pulling a little at our heart-strings. The word choice portrays Lou's Place as an old restaurant but the old is not ragged or worn out but comforting and classic.
The details of the writer's first encounter- the fact that the visit was accidental (to get directions as a result of a missed turn)- tells the reader that the place is seemingly insignificant to a passerby; without flair or anything to attract customers through decor. Yet, the Siren's Song seems to beckon and capture the hearts of people from all walks of life just as it did the narrator.