The Shiny Diner stands out like a beacon of nostalgia in Raleigh’s culinary landscape. Its gleaming exterior, reminiscent of an Airstream trailer that decided to settle down and start serving comfort ...

Welcome to Penny’s Diner, where the 1950s never ended, and the milkshakes are so good that they’ve become legendary ...

Back home in Washington, D.C., The New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka and his wife, Jess, cook “constantly and elaborately,” he says. (Their home is conveniently sandwiched between ...