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Frazer Diner Serves Up Smiles

The Frazer Diner is the real deal—friendly, fast service and quality food at a great price.

The Frazer Diner in East Whiteland pays homage to the iconic American diner. The metal building was built in 1935 and moved to its current location in 1957, but it looks sparklingly new. The interior has 16 red naugahyde padded stools lining the counter and six tables with padded metal chairs. A checkerboard tile floor of red, black and grey continues the theme.

We were fortunate to sit at an end table along the rounded wooden back. A door that is no longer used and large square windows made it seem like a train car. Paper placemats with local advertising and a knife and fork were set at the table.

A friendly server quickly brought laminated menus and took our drink order. We had arrived at the perfect time—lunch starts at 11 a.m. and breakfast is served until 2 p.m.—so we were able to choose from the full menu. The standard breakfast items could be ordered in various quantities—one, two, or three eggs—and with different sides—bacon, scrapple, pork roll, ham steak—thus allowing us to sample more items.

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Our server returned with a small orange juice ($0.75) and water, ready to take our order. We weren’t up for a full lunch platter with two vegetables ($5.95 - $7.75), but can always go for a sandwich. A Junior Turkey Club ($5.75) made with two slices of toast rather than three and a Coke ($1.75) sounded just right. We were thrilled to see non battered French Fries stacked next to a good sized sandwich made on Texas Toast sized bread. The fries were hot from the fryer and barely salted. The club—really a turkey BLT—had thick sliced deli turkey, a balanced portion of salty bacon, crisp lettuce and tomato.

We ordered single portions of several breakfast items. The Hotcake ($2.25) was a large, thick cake served with two packets of butter on the side. We grabbed the syrup dispenser on the table and some small paper napkins from a metal holder and dug in. The hotcake had the perfect texture—fluffy but substantial—with old-fashioned griddle flavor.

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We ordered an Egg ($3.50) served scrambled. It arrived with a side of Homefries and two large pieces of buttered white toast with a packet of grape jelly. The egg was also quite big and cooked to firmness but not dry. The potatoes had some crispy brown edges but were mostly soft with just a hint of oil and salt.

A piece of French Toast ($2.25) made with the extra large bread was evenly cooked to a golden crispness to bring out the mild sweet egg flavor. Although we ordered single servings of the three breakfast items, the generous portions were still more than we could finish. There was no room to try a milkshake ($4.50) or slice of homemade pie ($1.75).

As we surveyed the families, young couples and single diners at the counter, we realized that everyone was smiling and relaxed. Mellow Beatles music playing in the background may have helped, but the friendly servers, high-quality food and great prices probably were responsible.

As we paid our check at the cash register, a server waved to a senior couple at the door, saying, “See you next Sunday.” We thought that sounded like a great idea. 

189 Lancaster Avenue, Frazer

Telephone: 610-251-9878

Hours: Mon - Fri, 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sat, Sun, 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Cost: Breakfast items, $2.25 to $8.50, soup, $2.50, lunch platters $5.95 - $7.95

Credit cards: Cash only

Special Features: Authentic diner, counter service

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