Diners & Restaurants

From original chrome and checkerboard diners to classic coffee shops and ice cream parlors...


(Photo courtesy Ron Saari, dinercity.com)
Wildwood Diner
One of three remaining original diners in the country manufactured by the Superior Diner Company...
Pink Cadillac Diner
(formerly Big Ernie's)
Neon pink and checkerboard patterns abound in this 1959 classic where the jukeboxes still offer 3 plays for a quarter!

(Photo courtesy Ron Saari, dinercity.com)
Laura's Fudge
All decked out in a bright shade of pink and dressed with a spectacular work of neon art (true eye candy at night!), Laura's Fudge is a genuine Wildwood landmark...
Hudson's Restaurant
(formerly Schumann's Restaurant)
Built in 1954, the glass walls and jutting pink facade make this a classic example of 1950s googie-style "coffee shop" architecture...
(Demolished 2003)

Surfside Restaurant
A Doo Wop classic (1963) with a distinctive, pinwheel-shaped, zig-zagging roof and pink-and-yellow checkerboard patterns surrounding the base...
(Disassembled 2002... slated for reconstruction as new Doo Wop Museum in Wildwood in 2007)