Diner Days Department

Diner Days has remained one of the most popular departments in American Road. From diners such as Red Arrow Diner to Maine Diner, travelers look to our blog for America’s best diners. Readers browse for first-hand insight to find that great Yankee pot roast on their vacations; writers love to write for it because it gives them an excuse to indulge in a second slice of strawberry-laden cheesecake. Diner Days installments showcase the shining, prefabricated diners of New England, of course, but the department also visits vintage mom-and-pop eateries of every shape and size across the country. The only rule? Featured restaurants must serve up good food that has passed the test of time.

Golden Fleece Restaurant in Detroit, Michigan

Thomas Arthur Repp Volume 14 #1 (Spring 2016)

Spero Dionysopoulos’ father, Nick, knew a good story when he heard one. And he shared such stories with his son. “When I was growing up,” Spero says today, “my father[…]

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Neptune’s Net in Malibu, California

Jess Winfield Volume 13 #4 (Winter 2015)

There’s that song—or is it several songs?—about driving up the Pacific Coast Highway, top down, sunshine on your shoulder, redhead at your side, wind blowin’ in your hair, Beach Boys[…]

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The Old Clam House in San Francisco, California

Jess Winfield Volume 13 #3 (Autumn 2015)

In 1865, the world was Samuel’s Clemens’ oyster—and his clam and his mussel. Under the pen name “Mark Twain,” he had just scored a nationwide hit with his short story[…]

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Pig n’ Whistle in Los Angeles, California

Jess Winfield Volume 13 #2 (Summer 2015)

The original Pig’n Whistle opened in 1908 as a candy shop and soda fountain in downtown Los Angeles. By the 1920s it had grown to a successful restaurant chain with[…]

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Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut

Jimmy J. Pack Jr. Volume 13 #1 (Spring 2015)

When Louis’ Lunch of New Haven, Connecticut, claimed that they had created the hamburger in 1900, scholars, politicians, and brand-loyal customers of other burger joints cried malarkey. Many still hold[…]

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