By Mark Matthews

photo credit the West Jersey History Project site.   

BROOKLAWN, NJ —When the diner first opened in 1960, it was called the South Grove Diner; its front was shaped like an ocean liner. This past May, a construction crew appeared at the site and began cleaning the grounds and making renovations to the inside and outside. Earl Foster, a Brooklawn resident who lives near the diner, had complained for some time about the property’s condition.  As for now, he said,  ” I watch almost daily as the Brooklawn Diner is being given a new life. The work going on there appears to be total and complete from the ground up, giving the diner a complete transformation and total renewal. My family and I frequented that diner since I was a young boy, and it’s really great to see this South Jersey landmark return to our community”. 

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