Boxcar Diner? (New Rochelle, White Plains, Peekskill: live, stores, train station)

[spunker72]

Does anyone know of a good, old-fashioned boxcar diner anywhere in Westchester? I know there's a ton of them in NJ, but not many left in this area.

Thanks!

[ABQConvict]

Unless things have changed (and they may well have), there are a couple in the New Rochelle/MV/Pelham area. There was one in Elmsford, too.

Sorry I can't be more specific but maybe this will jog someone's memory.

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[kletter1mann]

In New Rochelle it was the venerable and beloved "Thruway Diner." It was torn down in the spring to make way for a new Walgreens. FWIW, there's a CVS right next door. Go figure.

[ABQConvict]

Uggh. That makes me so sad. I am on the verge of a lifetime ban of Walgreens, CVS, and their like. Drug stores are destroying Fleetwood, too.


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[ponytrekker]

Originally Posted by spunker72

Does anyone know of a good, old-fashioned boxcar diner anywhere in Westchester? I know there's a ton of them in NJ, but not many left in this area.

Thanks!

One at the Valhalla train station that's supposed to be good. Never ate there though.

[karen824]

There's a very small, 1930s diner on the Post Road in White Plains, across from the White Plains Hospital. I haven't been there in a while, but as I recall the food was quite good. It doesn't look like much from the outside but it's cute inside. It's called the Star Diner.

[wprusso]

Does anyone recall the name and location of a 1950's-era diner in Westchester County, NY, which had Popeye-type cartoon characters painted around the upper edge of the building's exterior walls? As I recall, they served a fabulous meatball hero (sub) sandwich.

[NJGirl12]

If I understand what a boxcar diner is, there is one in the center of Peekskill.

[kletter1mann]

Originally Posted by wprusso

As I recall, they served a fabulous meatball hero (sub) sandwich.

Translation for locals: I believe the OP is referring to a wedge. "Hero" and "sub" are the terms used elsewhere in the country. They differ from a proper wedge because there's solittle stuff in the middle and they are served on glorified hot dog rolls (like at Subways). Long live a proper wedge at a proper Italian deli!

[ABQConvict]

I think the term 'wedge' doesn't exist outside of Westchester and maybe the Bronx. I still use it reflexively even though I have been out of the area for 20 years and get some strange looks.


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