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nsolomon
Citizen
Username: Nsolomon
Post Number: 63
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 2:39 pm: |     |
The State Diner on Valley in Orange has re-opened. The classic chrome decor is untouched and the menu and cooking is great. Good, fresh, home-cooked. And the place is clean (I love Summit Diner, but can't hack the grime).
Check it out and report back. This place is a gem.
Nancy |
davidbuckley
Citizen
Username: Davidbuckley
Post Number: 150
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 6:34 am: | |
I've gotta have my homemade corned beef hash a la Summit Diner. This is very rare. I'll check though.
At State do they seem to do their own baking, soup, etc.?
Dine well, all.
David Buckley
PS I'm less sensitive to grime (being pretty grimy!) but where do you see it at Summit? |
nsolomon
Citizen
Username: Nsolomon
Post Number: 65
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 10:27 am: | |
I asked about the corned beef hash. She said she was making it there, but wasn't selling enough and it went bad. I think if you mention it, then as she gets busier, she'll probably do it.
Yes, they're doing their own baking, soups, ect.
Can't remember the exact location of the grime, but that's what I remember.
State Diner is on Valley, before Central (white castle). |
jfburch
Citizen
Username: Jfburch
Post Number: 1031
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 11:03 am: | |
(Isn't that Scotland Road once you cross SO Ave?)
I go by there a lot and haven't paid attention. Will check it out. |
mrosner
Citizen
Username: Mrosner
Post Number: 731
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 11:07 am: | |
This one is on valley road that comes after ridgewood makes a turn just past CVS in W. Orange. |
nsolomon
Citizen
Username: Nsolomon
Post Number: 66
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 11:16 am: | |
Sorry, let me clarify! This is such a typical New Jersey roads thing.
The diner in on Valley -- not the valley in South Orange and not the Valley in West Orange that is an extension of Ridgewood.
This valley runs parallel to Scotland, about three blocks to the west (halfway between Scotland and North Ridgewood.
I confused matters because one of the questions about directions went directly to me and was not posted.
Travelling northbound on Scotland (which is the name of the street that starts out being Valley in Maplewood and SO (!!!) , you can take a left anytime after Montrose and run into the correct Valley. It's on Valley in the townn of Orannge, before Central.
OY! |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 765
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 1:21 pm: | |
That is actually the same Valley Road that is an extension of Ridgewood Road in SO. It takes a jog near the town line between Orange and South Orange. |
jfburch
Citizen
Username: Jfburch
Post Number: 1032
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 1:52 pm: | |
Okay--that helps, and that's why I've never noticed it going up Scotland. But I got confused since the White Castle is at Scotland and Central (unless there are two....) and I pass it often.
Anyway, I'll check it out. |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 766
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 2:43 pm: | |
Only one White Castle that I know of and it is definitely on Scotland Road, not Valley Road.
I've lived in this area 17 years and I still get messed up trying to find places in that section of Orange around Valley Road. I can always get back to Maplewood when returning home, but about 50% of the time I go the wrong way on the way out and end up going around blocks a couple of times to get where I'm trying to go. |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 163
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 11:49 pm: | |
Not to make things more confusing, but there's also a main thoroughfare named Valley St in Montclair which starts, I believe, sometime south of Montclair as you leave West Orange before you get to Bloomfield Ave. Could New Jersey BE any wackier? |
vor
Citizen
Username: Vor
Post Number: 90
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 11:52 pm: | |
That's why we natives (nj-ians) love it here. It's wacky
(Jackie, are you and I the only ones awake) |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 164
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 11:55 pm: | |
Vor, I don't know. I guess everyone else overdosed on leftover Halloween candy and passed out...! |
vor
Citizen
Username: Vor
Post Number: 92
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 12:02 am: | |
You're probably right. My cure (sitting right next to the keyboard) is a Chivas Regal on the rocks.
Wasn't today just a great Maplewood day?! |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 165
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 12:08 am: | |
It was. (My cure was a slice of leftover pizza...a true midnight snack.) Cheers! |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 166
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 12:09 am: | |
It was. Cheers! |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 167
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 12:10 am: | |
Hey, what's up with that? I have two posts and they're different!? Weird. |
vor
Citizen
Username: Vor
Post Number: 93
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 12:13 am: | |
Maybe Dave doesn't like pizza.
Good night! |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 131
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 7:52 am: | |
ok... back to the diner.. do they serve grits? |
nsolomon
Citizen
Username: Nsolomon
Post Number: 67
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 9:14 am: | |
I don't think so. The menu is quite small. |
Goldyjess
Citizen
Username: Goldyjess
Post Number: 17
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 9:27 pm: | |
I love grits! They have grits at the diner on Route 22 across from Planet Honda. Yum! |
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