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The slow death of the 24-hour diner: How the pandemic may spell the end of a Jersey icon
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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Nothing says “Jersey” like a diner, especially a 24-hour one, with its blazing neon sign a welcoming beacon in the night.
Prior to mid-March, when the coronavirus forced lockdowns around the country, there were dozens of 24-hour diners in New Jersey, the Diner Capital of the World.
Now there are just a scant few, including the Stateline Diner in Mahwah, the Coach House Diner in Hackensack and the Chit Chat Diner, also in Hackensack.
The owners of the former 24-hour diners are not hopeful they’ll go back to 24/7 when things return to “normal.”