* Diners Walk Through One Door and Visit Two Restaurants Article in The New York Times ( July 11, 2005 ) on Yum!

One of the original ones displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair, made by Paramount Diners, is still in operation as the White Mana in Jersey City.

Diners of New England.

* Diners Walk Through One Door and Visit Two Restaurants ( Article in the New York Times on the strategy of multi-branding restaurants )

* Diners Journal: New York Times blog

Both buildings were manufactured by Paramount Diners of Oakland, New Jersey in the late-1930s.

The Diner concept was created by Ron, Marcia, Marc, and Todd York, the principals of Denny's Franchisee SWFRI, Inc. Today there are about forty Denny's Diners in the United States.

Diners almost invariably serve American food such as hamburgers, french fries, club sandwiches, and other simple fare.

Diners in the southwest serve tamales.

Her later years were occupied largely with literary quarrels, notably with that which arose out of the publication of the Diners du Baron d ' Holbach ( 1822 ), a volume in which she set forth with a good deal of sarcastic cleverness the intolerance, the fanaticism, and the eccentricities of the philosophes of the 18th century.

In 1950, Diners Club began opening charge accounts with paper identification cards, directed at the travel and entertainment markets.

These stores had to enter an agreement with Diners Club, and pay a fee to the company.

Diners Club created what would later be dubbed the " travel and entertainment " ( T & E ) card market, which focused on frequent travelers with a substantial income to pay for other high-value charges.

Diners Club's monopoly was short-lived, as American Express and Carte Blanche ( which later partnered with Diners Club ) began to compete with Diners Club in the T & E card market.

By merging the North American Discover Network with the international Diners Club Network, Discover created a global payment processing system.

Some payment processors, like PayPal, can only process new Diners Club cards with the Discover logo on them.

In 2004, Diners Club announced an agreement with MasterCard.

Carte Blanche originated as a travel and entertainment card owned by Hilton Hotels, and competed with American Express and Diners Club.

At the time, BMO said the Diners Club fits well with its existing commercial card business, adding that commercial cards are one of the fastest growing segments in the credit card business.

Previous winners include Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh ( Party Line with The Hearty Boys ), Guy Fieri ( Guy's Big Bite, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, " Guy Off the Hook ," " Ultimate Recipe Showdown ," " Guy's Big Night ," " Guy's Family Feast "), Amy Finley ( The Gourmet Next Door ), Aaron McCargo, Jr. ( Big Daddy's House ), Melissa d ' Arabian ( Ten Dollar Dinners ) and Aarti Sequeira ( Aarti Party ).

Diners who order the duck receive a postcard with the bird's serial number, now well over 1 million.

In 1951, he merged his company with Diners Club and joined the rapidly growing business as an executive, becoming chairman of the board of directors in 1964.

As president of Diners Club International, Abramoff's father worked closely with Alfred S. Bloomingdale, a personal friend of Ronald Reagan.

Diners and guests carried their own knives, and ate with their fingers.

** " Diners " ( with Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1995 )

individuals, providing them with innovative services ( at that time ) such as credit cards ( VISA, Eurocard / MasterCard, Diners Club ), cash payments for home utilities bills, etc.

Diners frequently stay open 24 hours a day, especially in cities, making them an essential part of urban culture, alongside bars and nightclubs ; these two segments of nighttime urban culture often find themselves intertwined, as many diners get a good deal of late-night business from persons departing drinking establishments.

During that approximately 20-year period, these four men were the only major participants in the Diners Club operation.

However, since the takeover of Diners Club International by Discover Financial Services, these cards have had the Discover logo on the back.

Before 1974, only store cards, Diners Club and American Express were available in Australia and these were either restrictive or only accessible to the wealthy.

Diners would recline on these surfaces in a semi-recumbent position.

Diners are characterized by offering a wide range of foods, mostly American, a casual atmosphere, a counter, and late operating hours.

" Classic American Diners " are often characterized by an exterior layer of stainless steel — a feature unique to diner architecture.

Diners of the 1920s – 1940s feature Art Deco or Streamline Moderne elements or copy the appearance of rail dining cars ( though very few are, in fact, refurbished rail cars ).

Diners built recently generally have a different type of architecture ; they are laid out more like restaurants, retaining some aspects of traditional diner architecture ( stainless steel and Art Deco elements, usually ) while discarding others ( the small size, and emphasis on the counter ).

Diners attract a wide spectrum of the local populations, and are generally small businesses.

Some American Express and Diners Club cards are also charge cards, rather than credit or debit cards like VISA and MasterCard.

It is accepted wherever regular Diners Club cards are accepted.

Selected original Diner programs and new original Diners are available on Lileks's website.

Several credit card systems are active in Australia including MasterCard, VISA, Diners Club and American Express.

Diners can feed the ducks that are in the water at restaurantside, but keep an eye out for the cat that lives across the water from the restaurant.

* Diners are type of North American restaurant

Cards with VISA, PLUS, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club or China UnionPay logos on them are all accepted to withdraw yen from the machines.