But we soon forget the pithy, knowing thing the garage mechanic said in the diner, and anyway we weren't there long enough in the continent to KNOW, to absorb.

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"We haven't had much business, but we're in a concrete building, so we're really fine, " said James Thrasher, whose father owns the Fat Elvis Diner.

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"We haven't had much business, but we're in a concrete building, so we're really fine, " said James Thrasher, whose father owns the Fat Elvis Diner in Oklahoma City.

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Maloney, who co-founded GrubHub Inc. in 2004, said that by combining their complementary restaurant and diner networks the new company will be well positioned for continued growth in what's become a huge market.

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"Sending them back there could trigger some horrific memories for some of them, " said Ms. Shepard, who spoke after breakfast at the Sandy Hook Diner.

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The diner immediately receives a text back which they can then show to the waiting staff to receive said dough balls.

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Authorities said Spyropoulos resented the control his uncle exerted over the New Jersey restaurant, a popular diner whose patrons include fans attending Jets and Giants games at the stadium in the Meadowlands a few miles away.

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Then I had a chat with Thomas Pastuszak, wine director at New York's Nomad restaurant, who said the best match wasn't between wine and food at all but between wine and diner.

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