This behemoth of a diner is a South Florida staple, with a menu nearly as expansive as the multiple dining rooms. At 84 Diner, in Davie, breakfast is served all day long — as it should be — with three-egg omelets, biscuits and gravy, and Mickey Mouse pancakes at the ready no matter the hour. […]
Diner in Broward Palm Beach
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Many real-deal diners have gone the way of the dinosaurs, but not Diner by the Sea. This Lauderdale by the Sea throwback comes complete with vinyl stools, cozy booths and a short order cook. It’s the eatery of choice for tuna melts, Reubens, chili dogs and burgers. Pop in here for a bite, and you’d […]
If you need a hit of that old-fashioned greasy-spoon goodness, investigate this ancient US 1 icon. You already know the type: the waitresses have worked here since God’s grandparents needed a babysitter; the chef probably invented the wife-beater; and the percolated coffee flows non-stop. A seriously 60s vibe pervades (the diner sits next to an […]
The kitschily decorated Floridian provides chi-chi Las Olas Boulevard with a shot of down-home diner attitude. Weekend mornings find the place packed with couples (gay and straight) loading up on huge made-to-order omelets, pancakes, and French toast. For an old-fashioned, protein-heavy meal, the country-fried steak and eggs can’t be beat, and the biscuits and gravy […]
This sprawling, immensely likable restaurant-bakery has a fetching old-timey family-restaurant feel and has been pleasing customers for so many years that if your grandparents lived in Dania Beach, they’d tell you what it was like to eat here as little kids. Nothing radical about the menu at Grampa’s — home-cooked food that tastes good and […]
This nondescript little space is set up in classic diner fashion: booths along the windows, stools at the counter, and emphasis on big personalities, friendly service, and good prices. Owned by Sprio Passako and his wife, Thecia (known to regulars as “the boss”), the fare is typical diner, with emphasis on Greek dishes like moussaka, […]
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The stainless steel restaurant is a true classic, having been manufactured in 1953 by Mountain View Diners, a New Jersey company that was one of the nation’s premier eatery makers. And just like the old days, the servers are nice, and with every order you get a massive serving of diner classics. Just steps away […]
Few things inspire a greater reaction in Broward / Palm Beach sugar fiends than a lit-up “HOT NOW” sign glowing outside a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Founded in 1937 when Vernon Rudolph purchased a top-secret yeast-raised donut recipe from a New Orleans chef, the donut company set its sites on world domination in the 1990s and […]
There are diners, and then there’s Lester’s. Everything about this place is a matter of superlatives: It’s one of the oldest dining establishments in the county, dating back to the late ’60s. It’s one of the biggest, with a back dining room that seems to extend to the horizon. And its menu is one of […]
This isn’t just another diner, because it evokes the ’40s, not the ’50s. The décor and comfort food at this joint suggest a decade of quiet indulgence, when meals were shared mostly at home. In fact, the potato chips, ketchup, blue cheese dressing, meat loaf, and chicken potpie are all made on the premises. That […]
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If you’re among the many who prowl the streets of Broward at night, maddeningly hungry and just begging for a dining option other than Taco Bell, then the stainless metal lunchbox that is Moonlite Diner is your Northern Star. Why? Well, the doors are open late (till 2 a.m. on weekends), the service is friendly […]
Old school that has it all: quintessential Greek-diner kitsch, huge dining rooms in need of new paint, upside-down coffee-cups, a working class clientele, and an exhaustive menu that rivals a short-story anthology. You can’t go wrong with breakfast; you can’t go wrong with the gyro sandwich and the home-made tzatziki sauce; and if you can’t […]
The room, with its plush old banquettes, is comfy and cool in coffee-shop fashion. Service is cheerful, the menu exactly as you expect: Hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, club sandwiches, BLTs, chef salads — need we continue? This is formulaic diner food, meaning decent, filling, relatively cheap, and thoroughly satisfying when the mood strikes. We particularly […]
It doesn’t advertise. Its entrance is literally hidden at the back of the gifts department on the second floor. And yet, every day at lunchtime, every seat at the twin curved counters of the Little Mermaid is occupied, and more eager patrons queue up in front of the cash register, waiting to pounce on any […]
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