Because we're at that time in the cycle again: Diners and industry folk feel the critical ground shifting beneath their feet and they don't like that sense of disorientation and vulnerability.
Gone are dinerdom's classic manufacturers like Worcester, O'Mahony and Silk City (Paterson, N.J., of course), but Roadside's links include three current diner makers: Kullman Industries of Lebanon, N.J. (www.kullman.com), which is introducing the new Blue Comet diner; Starlite Manufacturing of Ormond Beach, Fla .(www.starlitemanufacturing.com); and Diner-Mite of Atlanta (www.dinermite.com).com
How else to explain Nate 'n Al, a dumpy diner that draws an industry crowd for breakfast, or the Chateau Marmont's garden restaurant, popular with TV people despite its out-to-lunch servers and ho-hum menu.
And, chefs and others in the food industry say, diners need to push their willingness to try fish species beyond the familiar.
Drawn to the variety of food, and especially of cocktail bars, in the East Village, their hospitality extends beyond regular diners with an industry-focused weekday brunch.
Diner 85 Broadway, Brooklyn Inner... Industry insider Third... Regular N.P.R....Nice People get Rewards (to make even new customers feel like V.I.P.'s) The Dutch 131 Sullivan Street Full blast we-go-la... Plate the table.
The five diners -- a banker, a music industry executive, a lawyer, a public relations consultant and a television reporter -- construed her remark as racist.
Inclusion brings a cachet because it reflects where many in the industry -- and well-informed diners -- want to be eating now.
Perhaps the most valued diners are potential employers from the catering industry who are able to meet potential employees in a professional environment.
Added to the regulars and industry people was a rush of diners getting a jump on the weekend.
