OT: All night diners
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Good list here:
Broadway Diner in Bayonne
Somerset Diner
Too many more to list:
Broadway Diner in Bayonne
Somerset Diner
Too many more to list:
Park Ave Diner in South Plainfield, Park 22 and Bridgewater diner are all owned by the same people I believe all three are 24 hours.
Nope.
The Manalapan Diner *used* to be open 24/7, but that was a few fires ago.
The Manalapan Diner *used* to be open 24/7, but that was a few fires ago.
Is there one in Monmouth/Ocean? Could not find a single one. OB Diner in Pt Pleasant used to be the go to place after a midnight - 5 a.m. fire run.
The Manalapan Diner used to be open 24/7 because we would go there occasionally after big, late night calls. I clearly remember about 7 of us eating there after midnight once everyone cleared from The Great 4th of July Rt 9 Cataclysm and Helicopter Rodeo(TM). Their last fire, somewhere around 2010ish, I think, shut them down for over a year and when they reopened it was part-time.
After that, the only place that we could score some grub in the middle of the night was the White Castle in Howell. I did it a few times, but it made for too much of an exciting ride if we happened to get toned out while we were 10 miles down Rt 9.
Does anyone know if The Bayway Diner is still open in Elizabeth?
Also the place on Morris Ave. near Kean. Was that the Queen Elizabeth Diner? I think it's called the Tropicana now?
Two of my former late, late night dining options.
Also the place on Morris Ave. near Kean. Was that the Queen Elizabeth Diner? I think it's called the Tropicana now?
Two of my former late, late night dining options.
Have to think Uber has hurt the late night crowd at diners . In the old days after the bars , your ādesignated or least drunk driverā would drive friends to the diner . And the party wound down there. Kids today are not getting an Uber to diner, eating and then getting another Uber
Tropicana is there and they close at 11 during the week and I believe 4am on Friday / Saturday
Denny's is basically Waffle House. It's not awful, but it's definitely sketchy.
The Americana Diner in Shrewsbury used to be open 24/7 before Covid, but not anymore.
Covid mandates did its job to screw small businesses or give them an excuse to cut back --- its that simple
Many diners and food places that were open 24 hours or open late stopped during COVID and never went back.
Mike's Unicorn on Victory Blvd on Staten Island. Place is always packed with plenty of waitstaff available to serve.
Mike has 4 Diners on Staten Island and possibly 2 more in Brooklyn. They may all be opened 24hrs.
My wife and I would go to the Menlo Park Diner when in NJ but last I checked they close up at 3pm now. Said that they can't get people to work.
Mike has 4 Diners on Staten Island and possibly 2 more in Brooklyn. They may all be opened 24hrs.
My wife and I would go to the Menlo Park Diner when in NJ but last I checked they close up at 3pm now. Said that they can't get people to work.
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Seems that most changed from 24/7 during the pandemic (and some closed). I guess in part due to having fewer customers in general, and in part due to finding it hard to get and hold onto staff.
It sucks since having all night diners used to be a really cool thing about the northeast US.
OTOH, it'd be nice to have a Waffle House nearby with a tiny female cook whose day job is being a superhero with thrown-chair-deflecting superpowers.
The world famous Top's Diner in East Newark stopped serving past 11 a few years before COVID due to the crowd they were attracting after the clubs in Newark closed around 2 AM.
Their daytime crowd is mostly Newark office workers,there by default due to lack of restaurants in downtown Newark.
I once fell asleep at the counter while attempting to drink coffee to sober up after being at the nudie bar across the street until closing time.
That was in the mid-70's.
Their daytime crowd is mostly Newark office workers,there by default due to lack of restaurants in downtown Newark.
I once fell asleep at the counter while attempting to drink coffee to sober up after being at the nudie bar across the street until closing time.
That was in the mid-70's.
Things just not the same after COVID.... Diners and restaurants/chains.. not open as late as they used to be, and service is struggling to get back to where is was before. Give me the old PETER PANK Diner days... open late, legacy waiters and waiteresses... I drive home at 9pm on Saturday and many places (except TOMMY's LOL) are closing up... SUCKS.
I actually had a group of my old SWMHS buddies lined up and prepared to buy the Peter Pank when the family decided to get out. In the end, the redevelopment was worth more than the business so now it's a f'in Wawa, because we absolutely needed more of those.
"...wasn't filled with people"?
All the time. The closest one to me can get crowded but I've been in there plenty of times when there were only 2 or 3 customers.
And when I was a kid, before the Peter Pank, there was a bar/restaurant called Clair & Coby's where I spent a lot of time spinning on the bar stools next to my dad. Years later, me and coworkers would go to Peter Pank for breakfast after night shift at Dupont.
I know you're younger than me, but did you ever go to the Raritan Diner on Bordentown Ave in So. Amboy. I think it fit like 12 people in there. It was in one of Woody Allen's movies.
My father was just talking about Clair & Coby's yesterday funny. Was located where the Outback is now in Old Bridge. They're putting a ton of new homes and businesses on Rte 9 S and it's already a disaster there.
I remember Clair & Coby's - it was where the Outback now sits.
I don't recall ever going to the Raritan Diner, but... tbh there's a lot of things I don't recall.
Clair & Coby's moved to where the Outback is and then the Peter Pank was build on the spot where Clair & Coby's was.I remember Clair & Coby's - it was where the Outback now sits.
I don't recall ever going to the Raritan Diner, but... tbh there's a lot of things I don't recall.
At the rt 9 rt 34 split heading south on 9 there was nothing at all on 9 until Old Bridge- Matawan Rd. when I was in High School.
Except on the right was a Nike base back in the woods.
Not a diner but somewhat related, Stan's Chitch's in Bound Brook is closing this weekend after fifty years.