first person How I Grieved for a Cat Over Long Distance There’s beauty in sharing a friendship with an animal that needs to be earned. Summer Tao Dec 29, 2025
first person At Diners, You Don’t Have To Grow Up Diners are places of unreality where I can get my food and not worry about being stared at or made fun of. A. Tony Jerome — Aug 12, 2022
first person Meet Me at Flanigan’s When I think of what the diner experience is in South Florida, I think of Flanigan’s. Stef Rubino — Aug 11, 2022
first person Burgers, Bodies, and Off-Menu Bisexual Swagger This is about a high school job. Nico — Aug 11, 2022
first person The Place for Smiles Back in those days, I thought drinking was the most interesting thing about me. danijanae — Aug 10, 2022
first person No Matter How Much Changes, These Diners Stay The Same If Staten Island has anything, it’s an abundance of delicious diners, and so many have left their mark on my heart. Sa'iyda Shabazz — Aug 9, 2022
first person Take Me Back to Standee’s For many of us, Standee’s was one of the first public spaces where we could openly and comfortably share our most authentic gender expression. Ro White — Aug 9, 2022
first person High School and Everything After You can’t be gay in 1999. But I’m not, so that’s just fine. Darcy — Aug 8, 2022
first person Scenes From a Jersey Diner This is what it means to be from New Jersey. The roughness around the edges isn’t hidden away or sugar-coated. Katie — Aug 7, 2022
