Knowra Diner Diner A casual restaurant, especially associated with American cuisine, counter seating, and an extensive menu. Diners are often open for long hours and serve meals at modest prices.
Short-order cooking : A style of cooking that prepares simple dishes quickly, often to order on a hot grill. It lets diner cooks serve varied meals quickly from a compact kitchen.
Lunch wagon : A horse-drawn wagon adapted to sell prepared food, especially to urban workers. Lunch wagons were direct predecessors of the American diner.
Breakfast : The first meal of the day, commonly eaten in the morning. Diners often serve breakfast foods throughout the day.
Cafeteria : A dining establishment where customers select food from a serving line, often carrying it to their tables. Cafeterias generally use a serving line rather than diner-style counter or table ordering.
Lunch counter : A counter in a restaurant or shop where customers sit on stools and order food. Counter seating is one of the diner’s most recognizable features.
Walter Scott : A Providence, Rhode Island, printer credited with selling food from a horse-drawn wagon in 1872. His food wagon is commonly identified as an early form of the diner.
Comfort food : Familiar food associated with pleasure, nostalgia, or a sense of home. Diner menus often center on filling, familiar comfort foods.
Coffeehouse : A café centered on coffee and other drinks, often with light meals and space for lingering. Coffeehouses usually offer a narrower meal selection than diners.
Restaurant : An establishment where food and drink are prepared and served to customers. A diner is a distinctive kind of restaurant.
American railroad dining car : A railcar designed to serve meals to passengers during train journeys. Diner design borrowed the narrow, streamlined form associated with railroad cars.
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