Description
The silver Airstreams and neon signs of the classic American diner brighten New Jersey’s highways and Main Streets. However the intrinsic role they have got played within the state’s culture and industry for a couple of hundred years is a lot more than eggs-over-easy and coffee. Diners are the state’s ultimate gathering places–at any moment, high school students, CEOs, construction workers and tourists could be found at a counter chatting with the waitresses and line cooks. Jerseyans yearn for lost favorites like the Excellent Diner and Prout’s Diner and still gather at beloved haunts like the Bendix and Tick Tock Diners. Even supposing the industry is all but gone lately, New Jersey was once once the hub of diner manufacturing, making mobile eateries that fed hungry Americans as far away as the West Coast. Creator Michael C. Gabriele offers this delicious history–collected from interviews with owners, patrons and experts–and indulges in many fond memories of New Jersey diners.