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Challah French Toast for me with powdered sugar. Yum
Or Grilled cheese, French fries and a sour pickle.
And then at checkout getting a black and white cookie (look to the cookie! ) or my hometown diner's specialty - two large chocolate chip cookies melded together with chocolate fudge in between. My parents always let me bring one home when I was a little girl.
YES to black and white cookies! I have actually on occasion found decent B&Ws at the Harris Teeter on MLK in Durham. Also at a bagel shop in Cary, the name of which escapes me, but it also has that NJ favorite, Taylor ham, egg and cheese -- but on a bagel, not a Kaiser roll.
As for diners, never forget the Happy Waitress -- a grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich with fries. Being the wisenheimer that I am, I used to go in and ask what the "Surly Waiter" special was.
Alas, even the diners in NJ have been closing. Later generations simply do not want to run these businesses. I have many fond memories of coming home from concerts in NYC and heading for the Forum Diner in Paramus, NJ (R.I.P.) for the best strawberry cheesecake in the country.
Please do not construe this as a longing to be back in New Jersey. I live in Durham and love it here. There are good-to-great bagels at Brandwein's in Chapel Hill and I don't eat much pizza. The new Mookie's in Cary satisfies my pastrami cravings, Aldi has real-deal fresh half-sour pickles and NJ-style deli salads (in summer), and Brigs reasonably constitutes diner-style breakfast. The memories of NJ diners are more about nostalgia for my youth than about the food, or even the 24 hours-- at least for me. I'm never awake at 2 AM these days.
The one thing I DO miss is the heavy crumb cake from B&W Bakery in Hackensack, NJ (no relation to the aforementioned cookie; they don't have them). For those who want to try this amazing treat -- the standard against which all other crumb cakes are judged -- and don't mind paying $30 for a cake that sells on-site for 8 bucks -- can get it from Goldbelly.
As for diners, never forget the Happy Waitress -- a grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich with fries. Being the wisenheimer that I am, I used to go in and ask what the "Surly Waiter" special was.
Have not had good ones in the area, and the ones at Wegmans are kind of weird, not like real B&Ws, will check out Publix's at some point.
Actually went out looking for leftover Christmas cookies today and yesterday - Costco no longer has theem and Wegmans has only their blank and over-priced regular offerings,
YES to black and white cookies! I have actually on occasion found decent B&Ws at the Harris Teeter on MLK in Durham. Also at a bagel shop in Cary, the name of which escapes me, but it also has that NJ favorite, Taylor ham, egg and cheese -- but on a bagel, not a Kaiser roll.
As for diners, never forget the Happy Waitress -- a grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich with fries. Being the wisenheimer that I am, I used to go in and ask what the "Surly Waiter" special was.
Alas, even the diners in NJ have been closing. Later generations simply do not want to run these businesses. I have many fond memories of coming home from concerts in NYC and heading for the Forum Diner in Paramus, NJ (R.I.P.) for the best strawberry cheesecake in the country.
Please do not construe this as a longing to be back in New Jersey. I live in Durham and love it here. There are good-to-great bagels at Brandwein's in Chapel Hill and I don't eat much pizza. The new Mookie's in Cary satisfies my pastrami cravings, Aldi has real-deal fresh half-sour pickles and NJ-style deli salads (in summer), and Brigs reasonably constitutes diner-style breakfast. The memories of NJ diners are more about nostalgia for my youth than about the food, or even the 24 hours-- at least for me. I'm never awake at 2 AM these days.
The one thing I DO miss is the heavy crumb cake from B&W Bakery in Hackensack, NJ (no relation to the aforementioned cookie; they don't have them). For those who want to try this amazing treat -- the standard against which all other crumb cakes are judged -- and don't mind paying $30 for a cake that sells on-site for 8 bucks -- can get it from Goldbelly.
Thank you! I was thinking about these recently. When I was kid, we bought them out of a giant barrel at the Farmer's market or flea market.
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) or my hometown diner's specialty - two large chocolate chip cookies melded together with chocolate fudge in between. My parents always let me bring one home when I was a little girl. 
