Joe Seriale didn’t set out to own a diner, but friends and neighbors, after years savoring his camp breakfasts, cook-outs, luaus and other feasts, told him he’d be a natural. And they wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Joe and Joan Seriale had been taking their family to camp out on the beach for years on spring break vacations. In April 2010, 60 hungry friends and neighbors followed them.
“They made me cook, and by the third day they were on me,” Joe said. “They said, ‘Joe, you’ve got to open a restaurant, and there’s only one name.’ ‘What’s the name?’ I asked. They said, ‘Joe’s Diner.’ I looked it up and couldn’t believe the name was available.”…