I remember when I went away to college down at Villanova in Pennsylvania…
there was the Villanova Diner located on the main strip within walking
distance from campus. It was like my second weekend during my freshman year,
when I and a bunch of fellow Jerseyans I had become friends with excitedly
decided to go there after leaving a party. As we got closer, we couldn't
help but notice that the lights weren't on in the place. “How can this
be?”, we wondered. As we got to the door and looked at the operating hours
of the establishment, we couldn't help but be bewildered that a building
that clearly had the word “Diner” hanging above it closed at 10 pm?!?!
Everybody's reaction was the same‥ “This isn't a XXXXXXX diner.”.
The
Beauty and Allure of … the Diner.
All I can say is that the Boca Diner isn't. Neither is Lester's Diner or
the L&J Diner. The Clock is. The Starlite Diner is (with
two locations in Moscow).
Denny's isn't. It's a
place to go when there are NO other places to go at 3:00 am in the
morning.
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