Americana Diner (West Orange)
There are a lot of Americana Diners in the State of New Jersey. There are also a lot of towns with the name “Orange,” but that is neither here nor there.
Last week my good friend, and New Jersey Isn’t Boring website owner and I, and I met up to go the Thomas Edison Historical Park and a diner. She shares the same love of diners as I do, and we’ve been to about a dozen together.
Americana Diner (West Orange) Atmosphere: A
The Americana Diner (West Orange) is located on a cute main street but sticks right out with its retro silver and chrome exterior. The inside of the Americana Diner (West Orange) is just as a stereotypical diner. It seats about 25 and has a full-length diner bar, multiple booths, and tables.
Americana Diner (West Orange) Coffee: B
The coffee at the Americana Diner (West Orange) wasn’t anything unique or unusual, but it was good. I had plenty of refills.
Like the Americana Diner (West Orange) itself, it was stereotypical (but good) diner coffee. 
Americana Diner (West Orange) Service: B
The waitress at the Americana Diner (West Orange) was friendly and gave us plenty of time to order. Since the diner was relatively empty, I expected the food to come out quicker than it did.
Americana Diner (West Orange) Food:
There are plenty of options at the Americana Diner (West Orange), but it’s also not a 20-page menu like many others. I wasn’t hungry, so I ordered one of my diner classics (which I actually can remember the last time I did?), a Greek salad with salmon.
The salad itself was a bit watery and could have used a few more greens but had olives, anchovies, and a lot of onions. They added a lot of dressing so it was one of the better diner salads I’ve had, but it wasn’t amazing.
Americana Diner (West Orange) Price: $$
For my coffee, and salad with salmon, the cost was $17.
Overall Thoughts/Summary:
I liked the Americana Diner (West Orange), and it wasn’t a bad stop. It wasn’t my favorite diner, but it wasn’t a bad stop. I can always appreciate a metallic, chrome, diner.
Atmosphere: A
Service: B
Coffee: B
Food: C
Price: $8-15
Overall: B
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Questions for you:
What’s one of your favorite restaurant meals?
This diner looks really cute – I love when the atmosphere is reminiscent of classic diners from the olden days.
I love how chrome this place is. I’ve always wanted to eat at a chrome restaurant just for that diner feel (but we really don’t have many chrome restaurants down here). I really love salads with either grilled shrimp or salmon and lots of veggies.