Finally something for NJ to be proud of on a gun forum. We got diners and plenty of them.

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Myrtle Beach, highway 17 business, The Snack Shack. Owner operator Andy Graham. Food is great but his antics are even better.

We have Lester's on SR84 just west of the FEC tracks since '68. Been a while I've
chowed on a LesterBurger, 1/3 lb. beef with cheddar on rye. Some Greek dishes if I recall.



Further south on US1 sits Jack's, good old American cuisine since '53. Suasage and biscuits got me through some long mornings
and their meatloaf helped me deal with the overnighters at work.



Starting with a small bakery in '57 Ronnie Grampas expanded to an eatery about halfway between Lester's
and Jack's on the west side of US1. Great place to stop for a sweet treat or a full blown meal.
I think they're on their 3rd generation of family owners.

We still have a great little local diner in town...Angie's. It's only been in business for about 34 years, but it's where all the locals eat. Great food. Nothing fancy, but it sticks to your ribs.

If I'm up extra early before Ms. Judy, or if I feel like a "second breakfast," I'll swing into town and either order a couple of eggs, sausage, bacon, or ham, hash browns, orange juice and biscuits...or a Denver omelet with extra cheese, hash browns, and biscuits. Either way, you can't go wrong.

They serve a pretty good chicken-fried steak, too. You gotta love those little family diners.

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Tom Sawyer Diner Paramus N.J.

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I think I actually pass that Diner on my way to Pittsburg. Going there soon so I will check it out! I LOVE apple and Blueberry pie with a little vanilla ice cream - mmmmmm!! Maybe Kosta's if I am hungry for more than just a piece of pie. thanks!

We vacation in Maine every year. there are some great diners still in business there.

This one tries to be "upscale". But, they did introduce me to French fries covered in gravy!

The Distracted Wanderer: The A1 Diner in Gardiner, Maine - Where Retro Meets Bistro!

This is tourist spot now. But, the chocolate chip cookie dough pie is worth the trip! The shepherd's pie is wicked good too.

Maine Diner – "World Famous Food Like Grandma Used to Make!"

Neither are 24/7 though.....

In NYC where I hail from originally, "diner" refers to what we call a "Greek diner." These are places with large menus, usually all of which is available. Some are 24 hr. Food is more reasonably priced than the fancy places, and is usually good or very OK. Not cold sandwiches, though; for some reason, they cannot do a good cold sandwich. There can be surprises: the one in my neighborhood served pot roast with gravy that tasted just like my grandma's sauerbraten gravy. Oh my. It closed, of course...

There is a series of restaurant programs on the Travel Channel with a several-year-old installment on diners. One is still open on West 29th Street in Manhattan, IIRC, 9th or 10th Avenue. But as a poster noted above, this place is no longer inexpensive.

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The demise of diners can be traced directly to Mickey D's drive thru. An Egg Mc Muffin and senior coffee, you're on your way in the time it took to read the menu in a sit-down diner. Is the food as good? Of course not, but it ain't half bad and it's fast.

I had a plate of eggs this morning at the Tick Tock in NJ, Diners Drive-ins and Dives has been there, not on the top of my diner list, a little to glitzy, I prefer what we affectionally refer to as a greasy spoon diner.
One where the meanest nastiest Big woman counter "girl" slaps the silver down on the counter and snarls "what da ya want"...Best food in town. Coffee is molten lava and endless refills. Good stuff..

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We go up to Kittery a few times a year and we always go a little farther north and have lunch at the Maine Diner, rt 1 has Diners all over the place, if you wanted to try every one, you would have to stay there for a couple of years.

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Angelo's or the P&B in Glassboro NJ after a night of partying at the college was the place for breakfast.

Probably the most authentic 50's style diner I have been to recently was a small one in downtown Port Townsend WA last Summer. At least all of the furnishings were period-correct. Pretty typical burgers and fries place with a lunch counter, soda fountain, and stools, but there were other items on the menu.

I went to Denny's for lunch today- for my usual all-you-can eat pancakes for $4. I notice that the menu says Denny's is "America's Diner."

After about 2AM Manhatten quieted down a bit so it was meal time at the Cheyenne Diner at 9th Avenue and West 33 Street

The Cheyenne Diner began as the Market Diner at this location sometime in the early 1940s

All gone now.

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Nothing beats a good diner. The best diners tend to be operated by Greeks, you can always count on a huge serving of good food for a decent price. Another key to a good diner is the case full of delicious cakes and pastries right as you walk in.

Being from Philly I've gotten to experience lots of diners, and most are still around. The famous Melrose Diner (everybody who knows goes to Melrose) is still around. The Country Club diner is still operating up on Cottman Ave in Northeast Philly, although it got new owners several years ago. I've been going there since I was an infant. There are several good diners in South Jersey. The Silver Moon diner on Rt.40 outside Baltimore is also very good.

I will agree that what usually kills off diners and other restaurants is that the family doesn't want to keep the business going. Most of my favorites disappeared when the kids didn't want to keep the business. Owning a restaurant is a lot of work, more work than most people want to commit to.

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Nah, there are a whole bunch of them left in Toledo. I pretty much know them all.
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I love diners and greasy spoons. Real down holmey kind of places, family owned. Not McDonalds.

My fiance, her mother, her grandmother, and I go to a diner every Sunday after Church. I either get 2 scrambled eggs, hash browns, scrapple, and toast or cream chipped beef on white toast with hash browns.

I like Andonios in NE Philly on Krewstown.

...many years ago on vacation...we stopped at the Farina Family Diner in Queechee Vermont...good food in a beautiful part of the country...my wife is drinking tea tonight from a souvenir cup we bought there...made me think of the place again...

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