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bhtooefr:
Unfortunately, in my area (Newark, OH), there aren't really any old diners around. There's Bob Evans, which is a chain that's from around this region, and has breakfast all day, and there's IHOP, which is not as international as they'd like to claim or a house, but it does have pancakes 24/7. There's also Steak 'n Shake, which goes for a 1950's diner vibe, and mainly does burgers and milkshakes, but they have a breakfast menu (only during breakfast hours though) with pancakes.

One of my favorite diners I've been to, I've never actually had anything other than their breakfast, but it's fucking fantastic, is The Bomber Restaurant in Ypsilanti, MI. There's a few VW diesel events I go to up there, and we make a point of multiple Bomber visits.

For ankhtahr... http://www.diner-durlach.de/speisen.html

That's not a diner-scale breakfast menu, but they do have pancakes, and they are near where I remember you being.

Fig:
In my area there's a few chain restaurants, namely: Bob Evans, Perkins, Cracker Barrel, and Friendly's I guess counts since they do offer breakfast.  The only 24 hour diner (well there's two but one has gone downhill hard in terms of quality) is the Capitol Diner, which has actually greatly improved since it's been under new ownership.  I usually get an omelette when I'm there and it's always good.  Need to have me some pancakes sometime.

Aziraphale:
bhtooefr, is Bob Evans any "relation" to Bob's Big Boy? I haven't seen one in ages, but I started seeing Bob Evans restaurants around the same time I stopped seeing Big Boy...

I'm lucky enough to live in NJ, which is arguably the diner capital of the country. Real diners -- by which I mean, as I mentioned in the other thread, they're open 24 hours, and you can get most of the menu pretty much any time you walk through the door. Nothing like French toast, fried chicken and a milkshake at three in the morning. :) We also have the usual chains here (IHOP, Friendly's, Perkins, Denny's, Cracker Barrel), and plenty of other little local spots that call themselves diners but aren't really (you can get the pancakes, but they close in the evening).

On a related note, I hate when I come across a particularly good place -- diner or restaurant -- either on a road trip or a vacation. In some cases, you know you won't be back for a while; in others, I've been willing to go back, but couldn't remember where in the hell the place was (insert conversation with my wife... "You know, that one place where you got that really good chicken sandwich!"... "Yeah, I know the place. Don't ask me where it is, though.")

bhtooefr:
Big Boy is an unrelated chain, and there's actually two now unrelated Big Boy chains (Frisch's Big Boy being a separate company now). And, I forgot, there is a Frisch's near me, too.

Zebediah:
A couple of notable diners:

In Durham, North Carolina, the place to go is Elmo's Diner. Pretty much everyone in town eats there sooner or later. Good, fast and cheap. They also have a second location in Carrboro but the one in Durham is the original.

In Watertown, Massachusetts, the equivalent is the Deluxe Town Diner.

Also, not a diner but still good - the S&S Deli in Inman Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Good food, HUGE portions.

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