507782 Wed Apr 09 13:22:58 -0700 2008 22 16 Mid-Atlantic 0 3577609 (Note: This post was split from LA at: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/493086#3432253 -- The Chowhound Team). The more this thread keeps popping up, the more I’m reminded of how large a part of the social fabric the diner is throughout New Jersey. Like many of the staples that we east coast ex-pats miss so much (pizza, bagels, subs) those who’ve never lived there probably wouldn’t understand what it is we find so special about the simple, basic, unimpressive diner. It’s not the food, but the place. The family-run establishments where we dined with our parents as kids, with our friends in high school, on first-dates, and in the middle of the night after the bars let out or the parties broke up. It’s where I had my first job, at 15, bussing tables. And where, half a lifetime later, I’d run into old acquaintances whenever I’d pass back through town after years away. It was this cultural phenomenon, albeit the Baltimore variety, that moved Barry Levinson to create his seminal film with the simple 5-letter title, “Diner.” If you’ve never seen it, it really should be your next rental. Perhaps the greatest testament to the significance of the diner is that so many of them still remain. Though some of the classics have surely disappeared, virtually every New Jersey town still has one, if not several. And despite the Applebee’s and the Friday’s and all the other chains that inevitably moved in and proliferated over the last couple of decades, the diner survives. It got me thinking that one of the best ways to express the significance of the institution that is the New Jersey diner, for those who’ve never been, would be to illustrate just how many still exist, even today. So I found this list of Jersey diners, all still flipping Burger Deluxes, and dishing out Open-faced Turkey Sandwiches at all hours of the day and night (at least at the time the list was compiled they were) and really, it’s awe-inspiring. I’ll meet you at: Abbie's Diner_300 Sicomac Ave., Wyckoff Abel's Place Diner _17 Ave. A, Newark Ace Diner_Route 130 North, Pennsauken Alexander's Diner _157 Fries Mill Rd., Turnersville Alexis Diner_3130 Route 10, Denville All Season's Diner_176 Wycoff Rd., Eatontown Al's Diner_869 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City Ambrosia Diner_1239 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret American Berkshire Diner_7024 Bergenline Ave., North Bergen Americana Diner Route 130 North, East Windsor Americana Diner 475 Route 46 East, Belvidere Americana Diner_1160 Route 35 , Shrewsbury Amwell Valley Diner _Route 31, Ringoes Anapa's Diner_788 Ong's Hat Rd., Southampton Anderson Diner_703 Anderson Ave., Cliffside Park Andover Diner Route 206, Andover Andros Diner_6 Wilson Ave., Newark Angelo's Glassboro Diner_26 N. Mail St., Glassboro Ann's Diner_323 Division St., Elizabeth Apollo Diner _101 E. Andrews Ave., Wildwood Apollo Diner_Route 33, Collingswood Park Arena Diner _250 Essex St., Hackensack Arlington Diner_1 River Rd., North Arlington Athenia Diner 531 Van Houten Ave., Clifton Athenian Diner_1012 Cox Crow Rd., Toms River Athens Diner_1002 Harrison Ave., Kearny Bambi's Diner_1415 Jersey Ave., North Brunswick Bay Avenue Diner_32 E. Bay Ave., Manahawkin Bayonne Diner 226 Broadway, Bayonne Bayside Diner_2404 Long Beach Blvd., Spray Beach Belmar Diner_700 Main St., Belmar Bendix Diner_Route 17 and Williams Ave., Hasbrouck Heights Betty Lind Diner _1932 St. George Ave., Linden Big Apple Diner _Route 47 North & Landis Ave., Vineland Big Ernie's Diner_3801 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Bill's Plaza Diner_1262 Paterson Plank Rd., Secaucus Blairstown Diner_Route 94, Blairstown Blue Mist Diner_44 Route 46, Washington Township Blue Moon Diner_1 Sloan St., South Orange Blue Swan Diner_2116 Route 35 South, Oakhurst Boiling Springs Diner_168 Union Ave., East Rutherford Boonton Diner_909 Main St., Boonton Bound Brook Diner 502 E. Main St., Bound Brook Bridgeton Diner 1 1/2 E. Broad St., Bridgeton Bridge-Way Diner _Route 9, Old Bridge Broadway Diner_1075 Broadway, Bayonne Broadway Diner_45 Monmouth St., Red Bank Broadway Diner_55 River Rd., Summit Brooklawn Diner _Route 130, Brooklawn Brookside Diner Route 10 East, Whippany Budd Lake Diner_100 Route 46 , Budd Lake Burlington Diner_Route 130 and High St., Burlington Butler Diner_134 Main St., Butler Byram Diner_Route 206, Byram Candlewyck Diner _179 Paterson Ave., East Rutherford Carl's Diner_2020 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Hewitt Carole's Diner_W. Broad St., Paulsboro Carousel Diner_815 Route 22 West, North Plainfield Castle Diner_Route 33, Neptune Township Cavalier Diner_2401 Wood Ave., Roselle Cedar Lane Diner _749 Cedar Lane, Teaneck Chestnut House Diner_Route 130 N. 25 Chestnut St., Haddonfield City Diner_263 21st Ave., Paterson Clairmont Diner_584 Route 3, Clifton Club Diner_20 N. Black Horse Pike, Belmar Coach House Diner _55 Route 4 East, Hackensack Coach House Diner_921 Kennedy Blvd., North Bergen Cobblestone Diner _78 Route 35, Eatontown Colonial Diner _429 Lacey Rd., Forked River Colonial Diner _924 N. Broad, Woodbury Colonial Diner_27 Orient Way, Lyndhurst Colonial Diner_560 Route 18, East Brunswick Colony Diner_332 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell Concorde Diner_Route 40, Elmer Conlon's Diner_1807 45th St., North Bergen Copper Kettle Diner_Route 9 North, Lakewood Corner Post Diner_Route 549 (Brick Boulevard), Brick Country Club Diner _Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Voorhees Country Diner_Route 130 South, Windsor Country Squire Diner_Black Horse Pike/Cardiff Circle, Egg Harbor Township Countryside Diner_50 4th St., Fieldsboro Court House Diner 218 Stone Harbor Blvd., Court House, Cape May Cranford Diner_7 North Ave., Cranford Crestwood Diner _Cresse and New Jersey Aves., Wildwood Cristo's Diner _156 Parsippany Rd., Parsippany Crossroads Diner_Route 46 West, Bridgeville Crystal Diner_2009 Brunswick Ave., Lawrenceville Crystal Diner_Route 37 West, Toms River Crystal Dome Diner _2002 Park Ave., South Plainfield Crystal Lake Diner_572 Cuthbert Blvd., Haddon Township Crystal Palace Diner _1601 County Line Rd., Lakewood Cup & Saucer Diner _663 W. Broad St., Paulsboro D & L Diner_Route 77 North, Bridgeton Delaware Diner _Route 46 West, Bridgeville Denville Diner _17 Broadway, Denville Diamond Diner _Route 70 East, Cherry Hill Diamond Diner _Route 73, Voorhees Dickert's Bayville Diner_Route 9, Bayville Dimples Diner _Lacey Road, Whiting Diner Express _47 Washington St., Morristown Dino's Seaville Diner_33 Route 50, Seaville Don's Diner_667 Nye Ave., Irvington Dot and Tom's Diner_Wilson Avenue west of Avenue P. , Newark Double S Diner_Route 23 South, Hamburg Dover Diner_Route 166, Toms River Dover Star Diner_Route 46, Dover Duchess Diner_338 Lake Ave., Metuchen Dumont Crystal Diner_Madison Avenue, Dumont Dynasty Diner _295 Morris Ave., Elizabeth Dynasty Diner _7001 Route 130 South, Delran Dynasty Diner_117 E. Main St., Tuckerton Eagle Diner_121 S. White Horse Pike, Hammonton Eagle Rock Diner _410 Eagle Rock ave., West Orange Eagles Nest Diner_4 Hamburg Ave., Sussex East Orange Diner_431 Main St., East Orange Echo Queen Diner_Route 22 East, Mountainside Edgewater Queen Diner_Route 130 South, Edgewater Park Edison Diner_Route 1 South, Edison Egg Platter Diner_159 Crooks Ave., Paterson Elgin Diner_2621 Mt. Ephraim Ave., Camden Elmwood Park Diner_375 Market St., Elmwood Park Embassy Diner_2431 Morris Ave., Union Empire Diner_1315 Route 46 East, Parsippany Esquire Diner_Routes 206 and 537, Mount Holly Fairmount Diner_641 Main St., Hackensack 5 Family Diner _606 E. Main St., Millville Fantazia Diner_143 Route 9, Marlboro Felix NO. 9 Diner_1244 Route 22, Bridgewater Finderne Diner _21 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater Fireside Diner _913 Allwood Rd., Clifton Five Points Diner _Routes 41 and 47, Deptford Five Star Diner_Route 206 North, Branchville Flamingo Diner _31 Montgomery St., Jersey City Flander Diner _Route 206, Flanders Fontainbleau Diner _1050 Stelton Rd., Piscataway Forest Diner_280 S. Dean St., Englwood Forked River Diner_Route 9, Forked River Forum Diner _211 Route 4, Paramus Four Star Diner_543 32nd St., Union City Franklin Diner_841 Hamilton St., Somerset Frank's Diner_51 Parsippany Rd., Whippany Freds Beach Haven Diner_4th and Bay Ave., Beach Haven Freeway Diner_Route 41, Deptford G and L Diner_774 Convery Blvd., Perth Amboy Galaxy Diner _Route 9 South, Old Bridge Galaxy Diner II Diner _1034 N. Pearl St., Bridgeton Galaxy Diner_293 St. Georges Ave., Rahway Galaxy Diner_Delsea Drive and Woodbury-Glassboro Road, Glassboro Gallery Diner _825 N. Pearl St., Bridgeton Galloway Diner_Route 30 West, Pomona Garden State Diner _Route 545 at 547, Wrightstown Garden State Diner_Newark Int'l Airport, Terminal C, Newark Gary's White Diamond Diner _1208 1/2 E. Grand, Elizabeth Gateway Diner_106 Broadway, Westville Gemini Diner_Route 206 North, Newton Georgia Diner_2201 Nottingham Way, Mercerville Gervasio's Ship Galley_14th and Boulevard, Surf City Glenwood Diner 265 Glenwood Ave., Bloomfield GM Diner_706 Elizabeth Ave., Linden Golden Bell Diner_3320 Route 9 South, Freehold Golden Coach Diner_Route 130 North, East Windsor Golden Corner Diner _313 W. Union Ave., Bound Brook Golden Dawn Diner II_2090 White Horse Mercerville Rd., Mercerville Golden Dawn Diner_Routes 73 and 38, Maple Shade Golden Eagle Diner_239 Broad Ave., Palisades Park Golden Eagle Diner_2602 Route 130, Cinnaminson Golden Harvest Diner_591 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield Golden Palace Diner 200 N. Virginia Ave., Carneys Point Golden Palace Diner_2623 S. Delsea Dr. (Route 47), Vineland Golden Pigeon Diner _39 Landis Ave., Bridgeton Golden Pigeon II Diner _534 Salem-Quinton Rd., Quinton Golden Star Diner _916 E. Clements Bridge Rd., Runnemede Golden Star Diner_Route 35 & Steiner Avenue, Neptune City Golden Touch Diner _Route 10, East Hanover Grand Street Diner_246 Grand St., Paterson Grandy's Diner_Route 206 South, Hillsborough Great Falls Diner_Route 46 East, Little Falls Greenwood Diner_9 Marshall Hill Rd., West Milford Hackettstown Diner_Route 46, Hacketstown Hagler's Diner_279 Kinderkamack Rd., Oradell Hamilton Diner_811 Route 33, Hamilton Hammonton Diner_12th and Railroad, Hammonton Harbo Diner_Route 30 West, Egg Harbor Harley Dawn Diner_1402 Black Horse Pike, Folsom Harris Diner_N. Park and Washington Sts., East Orange Harvest Diner_Route 130 North, Cimnaminson Hibernia Diner _9 Green Pond Rd., Rockaway Hightstown Diner_151 Mercer St., Hightstown Hillside Diner_Route 202, Oakland Hogan's Diner_20 Central Ave., Midland Park Holly Brook Diner_1655 Route 38, Mount Holly Homer's Diner _201 Crescent Blvd. (Route 130), Collingswood Horizon Diner_1300 Route 130 North, Burlington Township Horizon Diner_726 Route 17 North, Ramsey Horseshoe Diner_Boyle Plaza, Jersey City Howell Diner _2200 Route 9, Howell Huck Finn Diner_2431 Morris Ave., Union Inner Circle Diner _Route 9 South, Lakewood Island Diner_3212 Bayshore Ave., Brigantine J and A Diner_New Egypt-Cookstown Rd., Cookstown Jackson Hole Diner_362 Grand Ave., Englewood Jefferson Diner_Route 15, Jefferson Jernee Mill Diner_20 Jernee Mill Rd., Sayreville Jim and Josie's Diner_101 E. Walnut Ave., North Wildwood Joe's Chadwick Diner_3469 Route 35, Chadwick Joey's Diner_474 Washington Ave., Piscataway John and Elaine's Diner _1103 Richmond Ave., Point Pleasant Beach Johnnie's Diner_99 Water St., South River Johnny B's Diner_Routes 537 and 524, Freehold JT's Diner_Route 78, Clinton Kelley's Diner _Route 31 North, Washington Kendall Park Diner_Route 27, Kendall Park Kenilworth Diner _614 Boulevard, Kenilworth Kenvil Diner_405 Route 46, Kenvil Key City Diner_Route 22, Lopatcong King George Diner _721 Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne Kless Diner_1212 Springfield Ave., Irvington La Mirage Diner _Route 9 North, Freehold Lakehurst Diner _Route 70 West, Lakehurst Lamp Post Diner_6 Weeks Ave., North Wildwood Land and Sea Diner _20-12 Fair Lawn Ave., Fair Lawn Larry's Dinette_905 S. 4th, Harrison Lawrence Family Diner _2495 Brunswick Ave., Lawrenceville Lee's Diner_518 Main St., Spotswood Lexington Diner_351 Lexington Ave., Clifton Liberty Diner_Route 130 North, North Brunswick Liberty Diner_Route 47 North, Clayton Liberty Two Diner 2496 Route 130, Bordentown Lido Diner_Route 22, Springfield Lincoln Park Diner_11 Lincoln Park Plaza, Lincoln Park Linden House Diner_200 St. Georges Ave. (Route 27), Linden Little Falls Diner_9 Paterson Ave., Little Falls Little Nick's Village Diner_491 Williamstown New Freedom Rd., Sicklerville Louise's Diner_Route 173, Clinton Loupe's Somerdale Diner_Route 30 East, Somerdale Lucky's Fireside Diner_Route 46 East, Roxbury Lucy's Diner_1 Lakeview Pl & Bloomfield Ave, Verona Lyndhurst Diner_540 Riverside Ave, Lyndhurst Macedonia Diner _1024 Route 206, Bordentown Mack Diner_150 French St, New Brunswick Mac's Diner_Route 23 North, Butler Madison Four Diner _1212 Madison Ave, Paterson Madison Grille Diner _41 Main st, Madison Magnolia Diner_Route 30 East, Magnolia Malibu Diner _259 14th St, Hoboken Mama's Dream International Diner_728 State St, Perth Amboy Manalapan Diner _48 Route 9, Manalapan Manetta's Diner_2654 S. Broad St, Trenton Manville Diner_50 S. Main St, Manville Maplewood Diner _1473 Springfield Ave, Maplewood Marge's Diner_Route 9 at Route 83, Clermont Marie's Diner_449 Ferry St, Newark Marina Diner _Route 36 West, Belford Mark Twain Diner _1601 Morris Ave, Union Market Tower Diner _Market and Fleming sts, Newark Mastoris Diner _Route 130 South, Bordentown Matthews Colonial Diner 430 S. Washington Ave, Bergenfield Matthews Colonial Diner_4 Franklin Turnpike, Waldwick Max's Diner _731 Harrison Ave, Harrison Mays Landing Diner_Route 40, Mays Landing McLouis Diner_15 Grand Ave, Montvale Meadows Diner Black Horse Pike and Lake Avenue, Blackwood Medport Diner _Route 70 East, Medford Memory Lane Diner_1137 Fischer Blvd, Toms River Menlo Park Diner_Route 1 South, Edison Mexico Lindo Diner _221 Main St, Chatham Michael's Diner _185 Frelinghuysen, Newark Michael's Diner_Route 1 south, Lawrenceville Midas Touch Diner _61 Westfield Ave, Roselle Park Middlesex Diner_Route 1 South, North Brunswick Middletown Diner_1887 Route 35, Middletown Midtown Diner_12 Church St, Montclair Millburn Diner_72 Essex St, Milburn Millville Queen Diner_109 E. Broad, Millville Mini Mac Diner_Route 206, Chester Miss America Diner_322 West Side Ave, Jersey City Montgomery Diner_Route 206, Montgomery Morristown Diner_73 Morris, Morristown Mount Laurel Diner_Route 73, Mount Laurel Mountain View Diner _1203 Bound Brook Rd, Middlesex Mountain View Diner_1012 Tabor Rd, Parsippany Mountainside Diner Route 206 North, Bryam Moustache Bill's Diner 8th & Broadway, Barnegat Light Mr T's Diner_W 21st Street, Linden Napoleons Diner _39-10 Broadway, Fair Lawn Nasa Diner_302 Cuthbert Blvd, Cherry Hill Nautilis Diner_97 Main St, Madison Nevada Diner_293 Broad St, Bloomfield New Atco Diner Route 30 West, Atco New Berlin Diner_Route 30 West, Berlin New Black Horse Diner _152 N. Black Horse Pike, Mount Ephraim New Geet's Diner_Black Horse Pike and Sicklerville Road, Williamstown New Heritage Diner_80 River St., Hackensack New Manasquan Diner _164 Main St., Manasquan New Sparta Diner_80 Woodport Rd., Sparta New Tri-Boro Diner_515 Essex St., Hackensack New York New York Diner_Route 206 North, Raritan Newark Avenue Diner_361 Newark Ave., Jersey City Nicholas Diner_88 E. Railway Ave., Paterson Northvale Diner_247 Livingston Ave., Northvale Nothing Fancy Diner _Harrison Avenue, Harrison Oak Tree Diner_1567 Oak Tree Rd., Iselin Oaklyn Diner _Route 30 West, Oaklyn Oasis Diner _1255 Route 10, Whippany Ocean Bay Diner_1517 Ocean Rd. (Route 88), Point Pleasant Ocean Queen Diner _906 Route 70 West, Brick Old Bridge Diner _246 Englishtown Rd. , Old Bridge Olga's Diner_Routes 70 and 73, Marlton Oliver's Diner_1332 E. State St., Trenton Olympia Diner_460 Maple Ave., Elizabeth Olympic Diner_Route 40 East at Route 9, Pleasantville Olympus Diner_613 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Orange Circle Diner _Main and Jefferson Sts., Orange Ormos Diner_45 New St., Irvington Pallas Diner _Route 73, Berlin Pappy's Diner_315 Union Blvd., Totowa Paramount Diner_130 Main St., Manasquan Park Chester Diner _Route 206 North, Chester Park Diner_14 Park St., Montclair Park Diner_372 Centre St., Nutley Park Place Diner _1101 Hamilton Ave., Trenton Park Ridge Diner_125 Kinderkamack Rd., Park Ridge Park Side Diner_314 Commercial Ave., Palisades Park Park West Diner_Route 46 West, Little Falls Parkside Diner_1769 N. Olden Ave., Ewing Parkview Diner_354 Fairview Ave., Fairview Parkway Diner_Route 46 East, Elmwood Park Parsonage Diner_Route 27, Edison Pat's Diner_1300 S. Broad St., Trenton Pat's Riverview Diner_810 River Rd. (Route 35), Belmar Paula's Diner _Route 130 South, Cinnaminson Paul's Family Diner_320 Route 46 East, Mountain Lakes Paul's Oceanside Diner _Route 9, Waretown PB's Diner_Route 47 North, Glassboro Penn Queen Diner_Route 130 South, Pennsauken Peter Pank Diner_Route 9 North, Sayreville Phily Diner_Black Horse Pike, Runnemede Phoenix Diner Route 30 West, Absecon Phoenix Diner_Route 23 South, Butler Phoenix Garden II Diner _Route 46 West, Ridgefield Pine Brook Grill_466 Lincoln Turnpike, Lincoln Park Plaza 23 Diner_411 Route 23, Pompton Plains Plaza 46 Diner _440 Phillips Ave., South Hackensack Plaza Diner _2045 Lemoine Ave., Fort Lee Plaza Diner _Route 70 West, Lakehurst Plaza Diner_126 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield Plaza Diner_2066 Route 27, Edison Plaza Diner_468 Haledon Ave., Haledon Point 40 Diner_Route 40, Pittsgrove Point Diner _160 Bergen Blvd., Fairview Point Diner_MacArthur Blvd. and Circle Drive, Somers Point Polonia Diner _122 Causeway, South River Pompton Lakes Diner_246 Wanaque Ave., Pompton Lakes Pompton Queen Diner _Route 23, Pompton Plains Ponzio's Diner _Route 130 North, Brooklawn Ponzio's Diner _Route 70 East at Route 41, Cherry Hill Premium Diner Route 1 North, Avenel Prestige Diner_1318 Springfield Ave., New Providence Prestige Diner_Route 33, East Windsor Prince Inn Diner_Route 130 North, Burlington Princess Diner_Route 23, Wayne Princetonian Diner_Route 1, West Windsor Queen Elizabeth Diner_Spring Street and North Avenue, Elizabeth Rainbow Diner _Route 70 East, Bricktown Ranch DIner_Route 22 East, Branchburg Randolph Diner_517 Route 10, Randolph Randy's Diner_66 S. Main St., Manville Red Lion Town and Country Diner_Routes 70 and 206, Southampton Red Oak Diner _2191 Fletcher Ave., Fort Lee Red Oak Diner _Route 35 North, Hazlet Red Tower Diner _500 Park Ave, Plainfield Red Tower II Diner _Route 22 East, North Plainfield Regent Diner _528 Roosevelt Ave, Carteret Rena's Diner_205 Market St, Elmwood Park Reo Diner _392 Amboy Ave, Woodbridge Ringwood Family Diner_16 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Ringwood Ritz Diner_72 E Mt Pleasant Ave, Livingston River Edge Diner_516 Kinderkamack Rd, River Edge River Star Diner _14 Route 57, Hackettstown Riverside Diner_350 High St, Burlington Riverview Diner _7850 River Rd, North Bergen Roadside Diner_Route 34-33, Wall Rochelle Park Diner_222 Rochelle Ave, Rochelle Park Roney's Diner _50 Haddon Ave, Collingswood Ronnie's Cafe Diner_664 Mantoloking Rd, Brick Royal Chef Diner Central Avenue, Clark Royal Cliffs Diner _717 Palisades Ave, Engelwood Cliffs Royal Diner _Route 22 East, Branchburg Royal Garden Diner _Route 73, Maple Shade Rustic Mill Diner_109 North Ave, Cranford Saddle Brook Diner_30 Market St, Saddle Brook Sage Diner _1170 Route 73, Mount Laurel Sage Diner_1958 Springfield Ave, Maplewood Salem Oak Diner_W Broadway and Oak, Salem Sand Castle Diner_Route 9, Beachwood Sandman Motor Lodge Diner _Route 206 South, Bordentown Schuyler Diner_500 Schuyler Ave, Lyndhurst Scotchwood Diner _1934 Route 22, Scotch Plains Seaport Diner_798 Dowd Ave, Elizabeth Seaport Diner_83 Broad St, Keyport Service Diner_935 River Dr., Garfield Seville Diner _289 Broadway, Westwood Seville Diner_Route 18, East Brunswick Shalimar Diner_1335 Oak Tree Rd., Iselin Sherban's Diner_Front Street, South Plainfield Shore Diner_6710 Tilton Rd., Pleasantville Shore Diner_Route 47, Rio Grande Short Stop Diner_315 Franklin St., Bloomfield Silver Coin Diner_Routes 30 and 206, Hammonton Silver Eagle Diner_Route 33, East Windsor Silverton Diner_1848 Hooper Ave., Toms River Sindsor Diner_1030 Raritan Rd, Clark Sizzle Grill Diner_1551 Main Ave., Clifton Skyline Diner_5914 Park Ave., West New York Skyway Diner_Central Avenue and 2nd Street, Kearny Somerset Diner_1040 Easton Ave., Somerset Sophia's Diner_290 Route 9, Waretown Spindletop Diner_1420 Route 23, Wayne Spinning Wheel Diner_Route 22 East, Lebanon Star Deli Diner_559 Bound Brook Rd., Middlesex State Diner_569 Valley Rd., West Orange State Line Diner_Route 17 South, Mahwah Steve's White Diamond Diner _624 Bayway, Elizabeth Stirling House Diner _1079 Valley Rd., Stirling Suburban Diner_Route 17 North, Paramus Summit Diner_Summit Avenue and Union Place, Summit Sunlight Diner_590 Belleville Turnpike, Kearny Sunset Diner _Route 9 South, Northfield Sunset Diner_1275 Bloomfield Ave, Fairfield Sunset Diner_Route 22 East, Green Brook Superior Diner_464 Smith St, Perth Amboy Sussex Queen Diner_Rt 23 at Rt 565, Wantage Teamster's Diner_Fairfield Road & Hollywood Avenue, Fairfield Tenafly Diner_16 W. Railroad Ave, Tenafly The Dove Diner _Route 33, Robbinsville The Montville Diner_Route 46 West, Pinebrook The Original Six Brothers Diner_Route 46 East, Little Falls Three Corners Diner _8 Centre St, Nutley Tick-Tock Diner_Route 3, Clifton Tiffany Diner _Route 17 South, Ramsey Tiffany Diner_882 Broadway, W Long Branch Tiffany Diner_Route 46 West, Pinebrook Time Out Diner_Route 50, Tuckahoe Time To Eat Diner_Route 206 and Somerville Circle, Bridgewater Tina's Kountry Kitchen Diner_Route 639, Wantage Tom Sawyer Diner _98 Ridgewood Ave, Paramus Tommy's Diner_235 Paterson Ave, Wallington Tom's Diner_Route 46, Ledgewood Toms River Diner _Route 37 East, Toms River Tony's Freehold Diner _59 E Main St, Freehold Tootie's Diner_Main St, New Egypt Tops Diner_500 Passaic Ave, E Newark Top's Diner_699 Broadway, Bayonne Toshi's Diner _1419 Irving St, Rahway Tower Diner _Route 130 South, Pennsauken Town & Country Diner _610 Shiloh Pike, Bridgetown Town & Country Diner_Route 130 North, Bordentown Town Square Diner_320 Route 15, Wharton Train Diner_548 W Passaic, West Caldwell Travelers Diner_Route 46 East, Dover Triangle Diner_112 Goffle Rd, Hawthorne Trojan Diner_Route 22, Phillipsburg Tropicana Diner _537 Morris Ave, Elizabeth Truck Stop Diner_Hackensack Avenue, Kearny Tunnel Diner_184 14th St, Jersey City Twin Oaks Diner_Route 17 North, Paramus Twins Diner_91 Canal St, Paterson Union Plaza Diner_Route 22, Union Union Square Diner_580 North Ave, Union US 1 Diner_Route 1 South, Linden Valley Diner_267 Closter Dock Rd, Closter VC Diner_Route 22 West, Whitehouse Station Vegas Diner _14th and New Jersey aves, North Wildwood Verona Diner_676 Bloomfield Ave, Verona Versailles Diner_516 Route 46 East, Fairfield Victoria Diner _101 Route 10 , Succasunna Villa Capri Diner_Route 36 East, Hazlet Villa Nova Diner_8601 Atlantic Ave, Wildwood Crest Village Diner_1034 Stuyvesant Ave, Irvington Village Diner_117 Broad St, Flemington Village Diner_30 Mt. Vernon St, Ridgefield Park Vincentown Diner_Routes 38 and 206, Vincetown VIP Diner _175 Sip Ave, Jersey City Wallingron Falls Diner _5 Main Ave, Wallington Washington Diner _Route 31 North, Washington Waterfalls Diner _550 Bergen Blvd, Ridgefield Wayne Hills Diner_1465 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne Wayne Hills Diner_Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne Weber's Colonial Diner_Route 30 East, Audobon West Orange Diner_270 Main St, West Orange West Side Diner_Rt 46 West, Denville Westfield Diner_309 North Ave, Westfield Westville Diner_Route 130 North, Westville Westwood Diner_301 Old Hook Rd, Westwood Whippany Diner_417 Route 10, Whippany White Circle Diner _Bloomfield Ave, Bloomfield White Crown Diner _2019 Wood Ave, Linden White Crystal Diner 20 Center Ave, Atlantic Highlands White Cup Diner_131 Union Ave, Manasquan White Diamond Diner _1501 Wood Ave, Linden White Diamond Diner _Raritan Road and Central Avenue, Clark White Mana Diner _470 Tonnele Ave (Route 1), Jersey City White Manna Diner _358 River St, Hackensack White Pearl Diner_551 Chancellor Ave, Irvington White Rose Diner _1301 Elizabeth Ave, Linden White Rose Diner _154 Woodbridge Ave, Highland Park White Rose Diner _201 1st Ave, Roselle White Star Diner _100 Maple Ave, South Plainfield White Star Diner_715 W Front St, Plainfield White Tower Diner _1714 Pacific Ave, Atlantic City White Tower Diner _3213 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City Whitman Diner_Route 42 North, Turnersville Wildwood Diner_4005 Atlantic Ave, Wildwood Willie's Diner_9 State St, Bloomfield Windsor Diner_Route 38 and Cooper Landing Rd, Cherry Hill Woodbridge Diner_680 Amboy Ave, Woodbridge Woodbury Heights Diner _Route 45, Woodbury Heights Woodstown Diner _16 East ave, Woodstown Yankee Tower Diner_174 Broad Ave, Fairview Yetter's Diner_Route 206 North, Augusta Your Place Diner _301 Broad Ave, Leonia Zikos Diner_610 Delilah Rd, Pleasantville 295 Diner_Straughns Mill Rd, Pedricktown 54 Diner_Route 54 South, Buena Wed Apr 09 11:51:16 -0700 2008 127538 wutzizname 1 3577920 A great list but unfortunately dated. The Woodbridge Diner turned into a horrible "New Orleans Steakhouse" nearly ten years ago, and the Galaxy II is long since gone (more's the pity, that was a great diner). Wed Apr 09 12:54:33 -0700 2008 3577609 10811 Das Ubergeek 1 3578472 WOW!! how long did it take you to type this all in??? Wed Apr 09 14:57:50 -0700 2008 3577609 14274 Angelina 2 3578616 and if you cut and pasted the list off of another site, you should provide credit. NJ diners are world-renowned! Wed Apr 09 15:40:59 -0700 2008 3578472 36312 HillJ 3 3579028 Hello New Jersey, Sorry, wasn't my intention to parade this list in front of you (still) locals for scrutiny. I posted it on the Los Angeles board where a debate had been brewing about whether there were any acceptable substitutes for the New Jersey Diner in Southern California. -- Answer: No there are not. -- And our Board Ops bumped it over to yours. The original L.A. thread is at www.chowhound.com/topics/493086#3432253 The list came from www.njdiners.com (had to copy and paste from all the different counties). I wasn't sure how current it was and apparently, not very. But I wasn't posting it as a resource so much as a way of emphasizing just how large an institution the diner is back east, and how the local Southern California chains that attempt to approximate it don't even come close. We may have the best weather out here, but you've got the all-night Patty Melts and Chocolate Cream Pies by a mile. Wed Apr 09 17:47:09 -0700 2008 3578616 127538 wutzizname 4 3579292 wutziz, I'm glad you shared the list! Only felt it was due proper cred. Thanks for adding the link! Wed Apr 09 19:17:24 -0700 2008 3579028 36312 HillJ 4 3579932 wutzizname...you are so right about the weather!!! I am SOOO JEALOUS! Everytime I am in CA, I always say I am moving there..then I start to miss Manhattan. Maybe I could live in Manhattan Beach to compensate?? haa haaa Thanks for the post! Thu Apr 10 04:24:02 -0700 2008 3579028 14274 Angelina 1 3578640 wutziz holy cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wed Apr 09 15:48:33 -0700 2008 3577609 129879 JimmyC 1 3578671 Manetta's closed and is now under a new name. Park Place has been gone for years. Not to be a force of negativity or anything...:-) Wed Apr 09 15:56:22 -0700 2008 3577609 43173 Heatherb 1 3578805 New Manasquan Diner closed years ago and became a steakhouse that failed. Now, it's back as a diner -- the Paramount. Wed Apr 09 16:32:01 -0700 2008 3577609 141889 MGZ 1 3578862 VC Diner Route 22 West, Whitehouse Station. This one started life as the northernmost Stuckey's store in the whole chain. I never thought of it as a diner. Wed Apr 09 16:50:55 -0700 2008 3577609 65804 grampart 2 3579196 Bill's Plaza Diner_1262 Paterson Plank Rd., Secaucus The owners sold the place to Commerce Bank a few years ago. This was a neighborhood gathering place, but I guess money talks (no pun intended, being Commerce is a bank). Wed Apr 09 18:45:44 -0700 2008 3578862 82574 jethro 2 4623629 The VC Diner is now the Readington Diner (and has been for a few years). VC were the initials of the previous owner. Thu Apr 23 18:15:04 -0700 2009 3578862 57768 ambrose 1 3581111 The vast majority of these diners still exist. Here, from a 50 year veteran Newjerseyan, are some high points from that list: Americana Diner Route 130 North, East Windsor - still in business, 3 star Amwell Valley Diner _Route 31, Ringoes - still in business, 4 star Bay Avenue Diner_32 E. Bay Ave., Manahawkin - still in business, 3 star Country Diner_Route 130 South, Windsor - closed but bldg. still there Crystal Diner_2009 Brunswick Ave., Lawrenceville - still in business - 3 stars Eagle Rock Diner _410 Eagle Rock ave., West Orange - still in business, 4 star Edison Diner_Route 1 South, Edison - still in business, 5 stars Felix NO. 9 Diner_1244 Route 22, Bridgewater still in business, 5 stars Hamilton Diner_811 Route 33, Hamilton - still in business, 3 stars Hightstown Diner_151 Mercer St., Hightstown - still in business, 3 stars Huck Finn Diner_2431 Morris Ave., Union - still in business, 4 stars Kendall Park Diner_Route 27, Kendall Park - this is long gone and no loss La Mirage Diner _Route 9 North, Freehold - still there, 3 star, had a great jukebox Liberty Diner_Route 130 North, North Brunswick - may still be there, 5 star, and the most authentic actual real diner experience anywhere Manetta's Diner_2654 S. Broad St, Trenton - burned last year, reopened under new management and name, now Broad St. Diner, haven't eaten there but looks unpromising Mastoris Diner _Route 130 South, Bordentown - the real deal, the one not to miss, the Disneyland of diners, 5 stars Menlo Park Diner_Route 1 South, Edison, still there, used to be better 3 stars Middlesex Diner_Route 1 South, North Brunswick - long gone, much missed New York New York Diner_Route 206 North, Raritan - 2 star, always under new management Olga's Diner_Routes 70 and 73, Marlton - once proud, on last legs, 2 stars Pat's Diner_1300 S. Broad St., Trenton - another gem, 5 stars Ponzio's Diner _Route 70 East at Route 41, Cherry Hill - never eaten there but I'm told it's a classic Princetonian Diner_Route 1, West Windsor - still in business, 3 stars (food's okay but the atmosphere is sterile) Scotchwood Diner _1934 Route 22, Scotch Plains - still there, tres authentic, 4 stars Somerset Diner_1040 Easton Ave., Somerset - still there, 4 stars Tick-Tock Diner_Route 3, Clifton - Rosie's Diner, a classic - 4 stars Time To Eat Diner_Route 206 and Somerville Circle, Bridgewater - still there, 4 stars White Rose Diner _154 Woodbridge Ave, Highland Park - this is NOT a diner, though it is in a class by itself - an indigenous hamburger shop that serves you in under 30 seconds or its free. No ###! You've gotta see it to believe it. Thu Apr 10 10:08:53 -0700 2008 3577609 182398 denniscmcgrath 2 3581531 Yeah, I was wondering about the White Rose -- which I knew as the White Rose System -- god I miss those "don't ask, don't tell" hamburgers, where it tasted better for not knowing what particular sound the animal made when it was still living. Thu Apr 10 11:41:58 -0700 2008 3581111 10811 Das Ubergeek 3 3581784 gray slabs of greasy beauty on a bun. best eaten for breakfast..... Thu Apr 10 12:42:29 -0700 2008 3581531 155369 RPMcMurphy 4 3582021 ...or whatever you want to call the post-drinking meal taken at 0700 :) Thu Apr 10 13:36:29 -0700 2008 3581784 10811 Das Ubergeek 3 4623519 white diamond is still around one in roselle on st george one in clark by the circle one in elizabeth on elizabeth ave that i know of Thu Apr 23 17:33:17 -0700 2009 3581531 129879 JimmyC 4 4623696 ooohhh..White Diamond in Clark!! So much fun after a night of drinking root beer back in the 90's...heee heee!!! Thu Apr 23 18:42:25 -0700 2009 4623519 14274 Angelina 2 4667401 Olga's Diner was closed several months ago by the state for non-payment of taxes. Also from the original list, Nasa's diner burned down years ago and was not rebuilt. The Diamond Diner in Cherry Hill was removed years ago to make way for a Walgreens. Ponzio's is the best diner remaining in the Cherry Hill area. Fri May 08 16:47:27 -0700 2009 3581111 240763 MooseInSJ 2 5163843 went to hightstown diner this morning. fantastic crispy (and hot) cornbeef hash and friendly service. Sat Nov 07 15:03:49 -0800 2009 3581111 225310 rufeen 1 4827648 for the most comprehensive list of NJ diners, see my book, "Jersey Diners,'' Rutgers University Press. The directory of diners within was the first time anyone had attempted to find and list every Jersey diner. Took me a year to do it. The list on njdiners.com came from it. They do credit the original source - but that site apparently has not been updated in a while because it doesn't take into account the NJ area code split in 1997, when the 732 and 973 area codes were added. The list in the latest edition of "Jersey Diners'' does. My favorite diners? The Summit Diner, the Harris Diner in East Orange, Mustache Bill's in Barnegat Light, and the White Manna in Hackensack, among others. Too bad about Olga's - I liked the little bakery inside, and the fact that if you sat at the counter they gave you a pot of coffee, IHOP-style. Fri Jul 03 12:23:24 -0700 2009 3577609 1090596 eatwithpete 2 4835108 If I may ask are your favorite diners based on overall experience, consistent menu top to bottom, a few special dishes or some other measure? If you had one day in NJ for a diner experience which diner(s) would you go to for a breakfast, lunch, and dinner and what would you have? Lastlly, If you had to recommend one diner to a friend based solely on their daily specials which would it be and why? Mon Jul 06 19:29:29 -0700 2009 4827648 20315 jrd303