The Real Diner Milkshake: Why Portillo’s Oreo Cake Shake Has Everyone Talking, and How to Build One at Home
Portillo’s blended Oreo cake into a shake this week. The diner original is simpler, colder and thicker, and it is easy to build at home.
The American Diner Was Built to Be Hauled Away, and Long Island Keeps Proving It
From a horse-drawn Providence lunch wagon to Kullman’s factory-built cars, the American diner was designed to travel by truck. Long Island’s Cutchogue Diner arrived on a flatbed, while the Shalimar never made it out of Queens.
The Neptune Diner Left Astoria on a Sunday and Turned Up in Syosset
Neptune Diner closed in Astoria in July 2024 after about four decades, then reopened in Syosset in early 2025. The lease, the farewell, the new menu and where to find it.
Peter Pan Diner, 999 Sunrise Highway, Bay Shore, NY 11706
The Peter Pan Diner in Bay Shore opened in 1955, has been run by the Lentzeres family since 1959, and reopened in March 2026 after a kitchen fire kept it dark for about twenty months.
Sixteen Streetlights and 362 Years: The Road Through Mount Sinai
Sixteen new streetlights on Route 25A prompted a look back at Mount Sinai: a dry-stream name, a 1664 deed, Tallmadge’s 1780 landing, a farmland wedge saved from a big-box plan, and a harbor shaped by civic fights.
Forty-Eight Days to Pie: A Diner Countdown to Thanksgiving
A dated countdown from October 9 to Thanksgiving: the diner pie case, a viral Deer Park turkey pizza, and what the sources say Long Island eats this fall.
