{"id":54483,"date":"2025-11-15T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54483\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:15:10","slug":"cant-get-enough-of-las-diners-this-social-club-might-be-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54483\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t get enough of LA\u2019s diners? This social club might be for you"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re mourning the \u2014 probably \u2014 impending closure of
\n Cole\u2019s downtown<\/a>
\n or one of the other handful of classic Los Angeles eateries we\u2019ve lost in the past few years, you might find camaraderie in a local social club.<\/p>\n

For about a year now, Jake Hook has been hosting monthly meetings of the
\n Diner Preservation Society<\/a>
\n . “Diner” is a loose term for the group.<\/p>\n

At classic joints like Philippe\u2019s and the
\n recently closed Papa Cristo\u2019s<\/a>
\n , attendees talk about their favorite eateries and what they can do to save the ones we\u2019re at risk of losing.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiners are the classic American third space. They are where communities happen. And you can see that by how worked up people get when diners close,\u201d Hook said.<\/p>\n

Take the recent closure of the Pantry downtown.
\n Now it looks as if it will be reopening<\/a>
\n , but Hook said people from across the city showed up in droves before it shuttered.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much so that the wait on the last day was about seven hours. And I endured all seven hours,\u201d they told LAist.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A meeting of the Diner Preservation Society<\/p>\n

A philosophy professor by day, Hook\u2019s enduring love of diners led them to compile
\n a massive list of classic joints in our region<\/a>
\n . And this month, they launched the
\n “Diner Theory” podcast<\/a>
\n , which delves into topics \u201cat the intersection of food and philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hook, 31, said they think younger generations are looking for spaces that feel more human in an increasingly online world. And diners fill that void.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that unites people who have lived here from generation to generation to have these experiences in roughly the same way. And I think that\u2019s valuable for forming some kind of citywide identity,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Plus, there\u2019s really good, cheap food.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to attend the next meeting of the Diner Preservation Society,
\n visit their Substack<\/a>
\n to learn more.<\/p>\n

Upcoming club meetings:<\/p>\n

Shakers
601 Fair Oaks Ave.
South Pasadena
Saturday at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

Bun N Burger
1000 E. Main St.
Alhambra
Dec. 13 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re mourning the \u2014 probably \u2014 impending closure of Cole\u2019s downtown or one of the other handful…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[34097,18336,48,52,51,47,34094,50,49,34096,34095],"class_list":{"0":"post-54483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-classic-eatery","9":"tag-coles","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-diner","15":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","16":"tag-los-angeles-news","17":"tag-philippes","18":"tag-the-pantry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}