Coming off Route 17 in New Jersey is The Bendix Diner in Hasbrouck Heights. They have every kind of food imaginable, and all cooked fantastically well. The pancakes, grilled cheeses, hash browns, great coffee, and burgers and fries, all are what you’d expect from a diner, good down home cooking and legitimate trucker food. The diner was manufactured in 1947 by Master Diners in Pequannock, New Jersey. It still has the original flooring, displays, stools and dispensers. You might recognize the diner as being the diner Rosie used in a Bounty commercial and it’s been featured in many movies as well.

The Bendix is definitely a greasy spoon, its charm and character is memorable and it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll make at least one friend on your trip here. The friendly diner banter will automatically pull you in with their amusing stories. Many of the patrons are guests staying at one of the luxury Hasbrouck Heights hotels in need of some comfort food, and not wanting it known just how much they really enjoy chowing down on some scrumptious un-healthy food and everyone else eating there is doing the exact same thing, enjoying the finer points of an joyously juicy meal.

Bendix is this amazing place, even after the owner past away, his wife and son, both run the diner to keep up the tradition of not only the quality of the food, but with the love and joy he had for all his customers. What’s really amazing about Bendix is the cherry pie. It doesn’t matter if you only visit the joint once a year, the cherry pie’s sweet, tart, ruby red cherries with a dense pastry style crust tastes just as delicious as before. But, to make sure that there will be a slice for you when you arrive, it might not be a bad idea to call ahead; it’s that good.