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Fun to see all that, but curious why I haven't seen any on any of my trips across the UK and Ireland. I even asked some locals and they did not know of any diners anywhere in the country. I would've thought they would've been all over it.

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Eddie Rocket's is an Irish chain of American diners. I've eaten there in Dublin. Although at least that location is downtown, and in a bigger building, not a classic diner style building. The inside is very much American Diner themed with vinyl seats, chrome, jukebox controls at the table, and of course the menu of burgers, fries, shakes, etc.

https://www.eddierockets.ie

It's reassuring in a vague, indescribable way to know that while the Irish are exporting Irish pubs to the USA, we're exporting diners to Ireland.

Like, maybe they're passing each other somewhere over the Atlantic, and giving each other a friendly nod as they go along their respective journeys.

Today, you're one of the Lucky 10,000 to discover Ireland's thriving Country Music scene!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%B3r_T%C3%ADre

https://tg4.ie/en/search/play/?pid=6387807695112&title=Gl%C3...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_Begley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margo_(singer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Donnell

(The Irish have been performing Country Music for more than 50 years)

The UK has these "American Diner" chains too: https://okdiners.com/

I thought that the "Elvis Diner" was practically a meme in the UK, actually. Hah.

Interesting. In my mind (west coast US) our diners are more Nighthawks than Happy Days. Smoking or non-smoking?

We have an independent one, Herbie's, just down the road from us outside Cambridge. It's pretty good! They have a wide range of imported US fizzy drinks cans too!

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