Bay Way Diner on South Wood Avenue in Linden has been a New Jersey diner institution since Johnny Prince opened it, serving the scratch-made soups and diner comfort food that earned its loyal following in the industrial Union County community along the Arthur Kill waterway. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Made to Order,” which aired October 25, 2010. Guy Fieri found a New Jersey diner kitchen doing everything from scratch — house-made soups simmered daily from real stock, fresh-cut fries, and the diner food done at the level that the Garden State’s best diners have always set.
Quick Facts
Restaurant: Bay Way Diner (Johnny Prince’s Bayway Diner)
City: Linden, New Jersey
Cuisine: American Diner / Soups
DDD Season: 10
DDD Episode: 7
Episode Title: Made to Order
Original Air Date: October 25, 2010
Address: 2019 S. Wood Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
Phone: 908-862-3207
Website: https://baywaycatering.com
Status: Open
What to Eat
The House-Made Soups are the DDD centerpiece — built daily from real stock with fresh ingredients, rotating through the kind of hearty diner soups that most diners stopped making from scratch decades ago. The Chicken Noodle and Split Pea with Ham are the classics most regulars rely on. The Meatloaf Dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy is the diner comfort food centerpiece that earns its following among the lunch crowd. The Reuben Sandwich on grilled rye with house-made Thousand Island is the sandwich standout. The Fresh-Cut Fries, hand-cut and fried to order, are the side worth adding to any plate. Find a New Jersey or New York area hotel on Booking.com.
Plan Your Visit
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Address: 2019 S. Wood Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
Phone: 908-862-3207
Website: https://baywaycatering.com
Status: Open
Triple D Essentials
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Bay Way Diner appeared in Season 10, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Made to Order,” originally aired October 25, 2010.