A Challenge for 2020: Donna Does Diners

homefries with gravy at D's diner in Wilkes-Barre
Homefries are better with gravy. This was a late-night breakfast at D’s Diner in Wilkes-Barre, PA, the fourth stop of my planned 50!

I love diners. A lot. In 2020 I set a goal of visiting 50 new-to-me diners. I’m keeping track of my stops on Instagram at @donnadoesdiners (and #donnadoesdiners), as well as here, on my website, at this page.

You can read more about the project on the Diners page, but I wanted to also write a brief blog post to announce that I’m doing this!

I want your suggestions!

Do you have a favorite diner in the U.S. I should try? I’ll regularly try to hit diners within a two-hour radius of Lancaster, PA. But I also plan to find diners when I am traveling for work or pleasure.

Some cities I’m visiting in 2020:

  • A road trip to San Antonio, TX – so lots of possibilities along that route!
  • Austin, TX
  • Pittsburgh, PA (driving, so lots of rural PA in between)
  • Denver, CO
  • Little Rock, AR
  • New Orleans, LA

Unrelated to and independent of this project (but kind of very related to this project): I run a small press and we also have a diner-themed essay collection out. It’s called Dine: An Anthology, and you can learn about it here. If you like essays and diners, consider grabbing a copy!

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