Peter and Irene Bournias emigrated from Chios, Greece in the 1950s and opened a tiny subway car diner in downtown Jersey City in 1968. They had no idea what a pancake was when they started. By the time their children took over, the family had invented 31 varieties of them. The Brownstone Diner and Pancake […]
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Breakfast, Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 3Skylark Diner in Edison sits at the intersection of Route 1 and Wooding Avenue and has been a Middlesex County staple for decades, known for a menu that combines classic American diner fare with the kind of creative specials that keep regulars coming back for something new. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2The Ritz Diner in Livingston has been a Morris County institution for decades, combining the classic New Jersey diner template with an art deco styling that sets it apart from most of its competition. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “The New Jersey Diner Tour,” aired January 28,
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2New Jersey is the diner capital of the world, and Tick Tock Diner in Clifton is one of its brightest stars. The neon “Eat Heavy” sign visible from Route 3 has been beckoning drivers since 1948, and the diner has become so woven into the fabric of the state that Mick Jagger stopped by in
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2Jefferson Diner sits on Bowling Green Parkway in Lake Hopatcong, a lakeside community in Morris County, and it has been the community’s go-to diner for decades. It carries a 1950s-style design — chrome accents, neon touches, comfortable booths — and a menu that extends well beyond typical diner fare into Greek specialties, including moussaka and
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2The building that became White Manna Hamburgers was first built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows. It was purchased by Louis Bridges, moved to Hackensack, and opened on River Street in 1946. It has been there ever since — the same small stainless steel diner structure, the same flat-top grill, the
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Burgers, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2Hightstown Diner has been a gathering spot for the Hightstown community for decades — a classic New Jersey diner in the truest sense, where the coffee stays full, the service is fast, and the menu covers everything a diner should cover. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “The
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Diner, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2Bill Smith started at Mustache Bill’s Diner as a dishwasher at age 14, when it was still called the Barnegat Light Diner. He bought it in 1972 and ran it for over 50 years. He never bought anything pre-made. He cracked whole eggs instead of using liquid egg cartons. He made gravy the old-fashioned way,
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Breakfast, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 2Every road has a starting point. For Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, that starting point was right here — 2019 S Wood Ave, Linden, NJ 07036. Johnny Prince’s Famous Bayway Diner lays claim to being the first diner ever featured on the show, which makes it less of a stop on the Triple D trail and
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