Jersey Diners

by Peter Genouese and Peter Genovese

Book Overview

Talks about a beloved American institution. This book provides information that you want to know where and how diners started, who invented eggs served in a skillet, why these twenty-four-hours-a-day... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813523508
• ISBN13: 9780813523507
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Book But Some Info is Out of Date

This book captures the heart and soul of diners in what is obviously the greatest diner state in the country. The stories and photos are wonderful, and the book is a joy to read. The only criticism: do not rely on the diner listings in the back without careful checking. The economic downturn has unfortunately hit certain north jersey diners especially hard and some are no longer in business.

An excellent book

This book is great. It is very well researched. I live in New Jersey and have eaten at some of these diners, and they are described so vividly it makes me feel like I just walked into one. It is also full of Information. How many diner owners are greeks? You will have to read the book to find out. Whether you live in New Jersey or not, this a great read for any one who loves Retro-american history

It Brings back old memories!

This book was a sheer joy to find on the book shelf when I bought it for a friend for Christmas. I couldn't help but spend time reading it myself since I'm such a diner fanatic, and being in New Jersey, how couldn't you be? I read the book through and through, loving the photographs such as Rosie's and the Felix #9 diner in Bridgewater. I remember squealing with joy realizing that the good old Bound Brook Diner appeared on the front cover. Lunch there for 10 years is the best thing. I enjoyed reading the small accounts of "diner life" by other New Jersey citizens and I plesantly smiled to myself. I never would think anyone could ever capture the essence of the New Jersey Diner, but Genovese did. Can I have a Felix #9 sandwich please with pork roll now?

Genovese book is a MUST for diner fans, and fun for all!

Peter Genovese has written an informative and enjoyable account of the life of that great American institution, the diner. Concentrating on his native New Jersey, one of the leading diner states, Genovese takes the reader on a mouth watering tour. In addition, this book helped me to discover the diner subculture that is alive and well in the U.S. today. I would love to see Genovese turn his descriptive talents loose on the rest of the Northeast - perhaps a companion book for each great diner state