The 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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