A diner, mostly

What we do here

On most mornings the soup is on the stove by 5:30, an hour before we open the doors. By the time the lights come on out front, the bread's risen, the pies are in the oven, and somebody's already made the coffee. None of that is unusual. It's just what it takes to run a kitchen the way we run ours.

We don't buy soup in five-gallon bags. The dressings aren't squeeze-bottled out of a case. The pies come out of our oven, not somebody else's freezer truck. None of that is a marketing pitch — it's just what "made from scratch" actually looks like when you mean it.

— Route 145 —

We're family-owned and we keep family hours: Monday through Sunday, 6 AM to 8 PM. Some of our regulars have been coming in long enough that they're now bringing their grandkids. A few of our truckers know the soup of the day before they walk in.

The rest of this page is the kitchen, the people, and what folks have said after they've eaten here. The food on the menu is on the menu page. The hours and directions are on the homepage.

From Our
Kitchen

Made in-house · Daily
Soups No. 01

Made Fresh Daily

French onion year-round. Lobster bisque on Friday. Chicken noodle when it's that kind of day.

From the Stove
Pies No. 02

Baked Each Morning

Apple crumb. Cherry. Lemon meringue. Chocolate cream. Whatever fruit's right that week.

Baked 6 AM
Dressings No. 03

Mixed by Hand

House Russian, ranch, blue cheese. None of them came out of a bottle.

No Bottle
Bread No. 04

From Our Oven

Sandwich rolls and toast bread, kneaded and risen on-site. The reason the French toast holds together.

Made Here

The People Behind
the Counter

Ask for one of ours
Hello
My Name Is
Jill
Laurys Station Diner ★ Route 145
Hello
My Name Is
Brinley
Laurys Station Diner ★ Route 145
Hello
My Name Is
Erica
Laurys Station Diner ★ Route 145
Hello
My Name Is
Alexa
Laurys Station Diner ★ Route 145
Hello
My Name Is
Crystle
Laurys Station Diner ★ Route 145
Hello
My Name Is
Katrina

Why Folks
Come Back

From Google reviews
Vol. 1 · No. 1★★★★★

Pie at 9 in the morning

Stopped here on a Tuesday morning expecting bad coffee and got coffee that wasn't bad. Stayed three hours. Apple crumb pie at 9:30 AM is a personal decision and I stand by it.

Vol. 1 · No. 2★★★★★

Worth the exit on 145

I drive 145 most weeks for work. The smothered burger here is the only thing on this stretch of road I'd plan a route around. Comes with the soup AND the fries, which is technically lunch and a half. Tell Jill I said hi.

Vol. 1 · No. 3★★★★★

Our diner, as usual

My husband and I have been eating here for years. The French onion comes in a real bowl with the cheese broiled on properly. The pies rotate with the seasons. Brinley remembers what we order before we say it. There isn't more to say about a diner than that.

From the kitchen
Greetings from

Laurys Station

Drive on up. Sit at the counter.
We've got the coffee on, the soup's
on the stove, and the pie won't last
past seven o'clock.

— See you soon
Send mail to

The Diner

5470 Route 145 Laurys Station, PA 18059
(610) 261-1911
Mon–Sun · 6 AM to 8 PM
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