The American diner — once the mecca of hip social circles with its catchall of pop culture, vintage cars, delicious milkshakes and nervous first-daters — is making a comeback,albeit one riddled with ...

A diner is where Pumpkin and Honey Bunny make their move in Pulp Fiction; where Tony sits down for his final meal on The Sopranos; where the adrift young men of American Graffiti gather to discuss ...

In 2007, the site of the Kless Diner became the culmination of 29-year-old Adenah Bayoh’s American dream. The Liberian-born graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, who moved to Newark in ...

This brings us to another lip-smacking attraction of the diner as far as movie-makers are concerned: it’s as American as apple pie. The first of these chow-on-the-go institutions were built by ...

Atmosphere: Like something out of “American Graffiti,” but without the carhops, a retro diner with a massive menu of burgers, shakes, malts and so much more. Prices: about $8 per person.

It’s a small diner, with retro 1960s booths, movie and television posters plastered all over the walls, toasters on every table and a jukebox in the corner playing Bob Dylan at all hours of the day.