If you’ve ever wanted to eat breakfast in a time capsule that also serves excellent coffee, the Colonial Diner in Lyndhurst is about to become your new obsession.
This gleaming monument to mid-century American dining culture sits on Route 17 like a chrome-plated portal to a simpler time, when gas was cheap, cars had fins, and nobody had invented kale.
Picture yourself cruising down Route 17, and suddenly there it is.
The Colonial Diner rises from the landscape like a vision from the Eisenhower administration, all stainless steel curves and bright red accents that catch the sunlight and practically demand you pull over…