Nickel Diner: Not Your Father's Diner But It Still Might Kill You


The Nickel DinerThe Nickel Diner, 524 Main Street, Los Angeles; Credit: Anne Fishbein

The motto of the Nickel Diner is probably “Home of the Maple Glaze Bacon Donut,” a slogan inscribed both on the home page of its Web site and in the arteries of its best customers. It's not your father's diner but it still might kill you. Read more in Jonathan Gold's “Nickel Diner: Heart Attack and Main.”

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