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• n  a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
• n  a passenger car where food is served in transit
• n  a restaurant that resembles a dining car

• To a group of committed dads assembled one night in a New Jersey diner, the answer is obvious.
• Like the Greek owners of many a roadside diner, Indian immigrants have become curators of a nice slice of Americana.
• When Tom uses some surprisingly expert moves to defend his diner, he becomes a local hero.

• dining car
• dining compartment
• buffet car

News & Articles

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• DINER 2013: Penny Diner
  Welcome to Diner 2013—not a guide to the Portland area’s best restaurants , or even to the best Oregonian-operated diners, but a seven-part series where we ate at seven Portland diners we hadn't been to in a while. Over the next week, we hit standbys where you can get eggs and coffee at a counter early or late in the day. Diner 2013: It's the best name for a series about Portland diners ...
  June 14, 2013 - Willamette Week
• DINER 2013: My Father's Place
  Welcome to Diner 2013—not a guide to the Portland area’s best restaurants , or even to the best Oregonian-operated diners, but a seven-part series where we ate at seven Portland diners we hadn't been to in a while. Over the next week, we hit standbys where you can get eggs and coffee at a counter early or late in the day. Diner 2013: It's the best name for a series about Portland diners ...
  June 14, 2013 - Willamette Week
• DINER 2013: Byways Cafe
  Welcome to Diner 2013—not a guide to the Portland area’s best restaurants , or even to the best Oregonian-operated diners, but a seven-part series where we ate at seven Portland diners we hadn't been to in a while. Over the next week, we hit standbys where you can get eggs and coffee at a counter early or late in the day. Diner 2013: It's the best name for a series about Portland diners ...
  June 13, 2013 - Willamette Week

Quotes

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• Rick Bayless in International Herald Tribune
  He's the kind of diner who wants to taste all sorts of things,Bayless says. "What I'm hoping is that he's going to recognize that we need to do what we can in our country to encourage real food for everyone."
• Renee Zellweger in Baltimore Sun
  He had it everywhere, all day, every day,Zellweger said. "There's a scene that's not in the film where he carries my luggage out of the diner, the cafe, and he had to figure out a way to open the door, grab the suitcases, close the door,...
• Jay Leno in International Herald Tribune
  In Boca Raton, Fla., yesterday, a woman who looked like Sarah Palin caused a near-riot when she walked into a diner for breakfast,Leno said. "After a minute or two, people finally realized it wasn't her when she started answering...