Whenever I return to Fort Lauderdale, I always try to make a stop at Lester’s Diner. It’s one of the few things still there since I lived there back in the 70s.
Looked it up. Looks great! These diners are SO Americana from a better era. Glad to see some of them sticking around.
I wonder if that's the place we'd take my grandfather who lived there when we visited. He didn't go out much but that was his splurge. I recall the dill pickles or something being special there.
I still have a few all time favorites scattered around the country, maybe one in each state…but they are fewer and fewer far between. Here in Reno, every single place I loved when I was young is long long gone. All food is is either over priced hipster kale, or absolutely generic. Even Tahoe is an uninspiring sea of mediocrity, but I suppose that is true for any place that caters to tourists.
The one in Sunrise wasn't there when I lived there because Sunrise ended at Pine Island Road back then.
-PJ
Used to meet friends there, on SR 84, by the National Guard Armory.
Dirty Ernie’s on Federal Hwy in Hallandale Bch and Wolfie’s in Miami Bch at Collins Ave and Lincoln Rd were other great places, now gone.
The Rustic Inn Crabhouse and the Tropical Acres Steakhouse, both on Griffin Rd were still there though, at least as of five years ago, last time I was there.