11th Street Diner

A 1948 Art Deco dining car built by the Paramount Dining Car Company in Haledon, New Jersey — often mis-labeled a Pullman, it is not — hauled down from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and reopened here on September 11, 1992 after restoration. Stainless-steel exterior, curved corner windows, the original counter-and-booths layout intact. Open 24 hours, which is the real reason it matters: after most of Washington Avenue closes, this is where diner food, breakfast-any-hour, burgers, and a Cubano Eggs Benedict keep landing on the pass. Long-running and consistent rather than trendy.

What to order

Breakfast plates run all day; the Cubano Eggs Benedict and the Angus burger are the picks over the standard omelets. Best after midnight or before 9a, when the tour crowd thins and the counter opens up.

Hours

Open 24 hours daily