North Jersey

1. Tick Tock Diner (Clifton) 

2. Pompton Queen Diner (Pompton Plains) 

3. Chit Chat Diner (Hackensack) 

4. Tops Diner (Newark)

5. Suburban Diner (Paramus) 

Central Jersey

1. Skylark Diner (Edison) 

2. Americana Diner (East Windsor) 

3. Time to Eat Diner (Bridgewater) 

4. Clinton Station Diner (Clinton) 

5. Spinning Wheel (Lebanon) 

South Jersey

1. Marvis Diner (Wildwood) 

2. Ponzio’s (Cherry Hill) 

3. Mastoris Diner (Bordentown) 

4. Medport Diner (Medford) 

5. Diamond Diner (Hainesport)

EDITOR’S NOTE: In our reader survey, we defined the sections of New Jersey as follows:  North (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Union, Sussex, Warren); Central (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset); South (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem).