How One of New York City's Classic Diners Has Been Serving Breakfast for Over 70 Years - The Experts

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After being forced to close in 2020, owner Luis Skibar reopened Old John’s Luncheonette in NYC with a focus on modernizing the old-fashioned diner concept. Old John’s is one of the oldest diners in the city, and serves dishes like roasted short rib, tuna melt sandwiches, apple cinnamon pancakes, and more diner classics.
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Producer: Connor Reid
Directors: Connor Reid, Murilo Ferreira
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@jamte6150 11 месяцев назад

Love that y’all are focusing more on non-fine dining !!

@Brad25King 11 месяцев назад

Might not be fine dining, but sure looks like fine diner :)

@clacicle 11 месяцев назад

@@Brad25Kingyeah, this is not a regular diner. It’s probably quite a bit more expensive.

@yezki8 10 месяцев назад

@@Brad25Kingfine morning, eating a fine breakfast, in a fine dining diner 😅

@MonsterFlicks 10 месяцев назад

Agreed, as much as I love these videos and they're super well done, I can only watch so many chefs creating extravagant dishes just for the sake of being extravagant and assembling plates with tweezers in order to serve 30 people a night at $400 a pop. Often times real kitchens that serve real food to real people is way more interesting.

@quinnhen2325 10 месяцев назад

Yum!!

@JoseLopez-bt6bk 11 месяцев назад

I like how you brought the Hispanic chefs in the story. It shows how hard they work and how they don't stop. They do everything from start to finish.

@josecl7 11 месяцев назад

And it reflects the majority of restaurants in US.

@SanDiegoDaD 11 месяцев назад

@@josecl7I know right? Seems like the title of the video needs to be updated

@INCOGNITO-kd5ub 11 месяцев назад

Something all people with hispanic lineage is hardwork. It's just crazy that we fkn kill ourselves at work even when the work doesnt pay well meanwhile some mofos just chill around not giving much effort but for some reason I cant do the same. I have to go above and beyond 🤦🤦🤦🤦 I would love to procrastinate sometimes but something might have happened to my ancestors in the past that stops me from doing it 😅 getting a garote and whipping left a mark in their DNA ☠️

@nonenoneonenonenone 11 месяцев назад

That's b.s. Many are lazy and do the minimum, you never get finely chopped vegetables, only large chunks. Maybe not here, but in places I went to.

@MTMF.london 10 месяцев назад

@@nonenoneonenonenone You going to the wrong places.

@jennywu73 11 месяцев назад

I respect the people who worked in the back of the restaurant. My father worked as a chef for 40 years so I know it’s hard work. My dad doesn’t speak English but he can cooked delicious meals.

@kabibnurmagomedov197 11 месяцев назад

His dish talked for him 😂

@AC-kf2ky 11 месяцев назад

So he’s illegal?

@ShadowLynx516 10 месяцев назад

@@AC-kf2kyI didn’t know english is a prerequisite for cooking delicious meals but ok…..karen

@AC-kf2ky 10 месяцев назад

@@ShadowLynx516 who said it was? Keep reaching honey

@JerseyJake98 10 месяцев назад

@@AC-kf2ky This is an insane comment. You can be a legal immigrant and not speak English

@kingskingy586 11 месяцев назад

That chef is just incredible!!! What a heart and soul in every ingredient and pride in every part of the menu. Amazing guy and amazing team + management. 10/10

@NazriB 7 месяцев назад

Lies again? Grab CDG USD SGD

@defeatSpace 11 месяцев назад

Amazing of them to pull off such a large menu and maintain such high quality.

@nonenoneonenonenone 11 месяцев назад

Any restaurant should be able to with no problems.

@MTMF.london 10 месяцев назад

@@nonenoneonenonenone It should on paper but many still fail to do it right.

@dm5791 11 месяцев назад

This is not a diner its a full fledged restaurant. Amazing food! I hope they price it right so they can make a decent profit and stay open. Salmon and asparagus in a diner is amazing!

@YouChwb 11 месяцев назад

The owner mentions this.

@jamessveinsson6006 7 месяцев назад

Of course it’s going to be priced right it’s New York City

@anthonyofarrell 7 месяцев назад

Exactly, it's not a diner.

@upthedown1 7 месяцев назад

In New York we have diners to that serve everything.

@alancats 11 месяцев назад

Producing consistent quality at high volume and with a large menu selection is a huge challenge, but, Chef Victor and his team pull it off very well. You have to tip your cap to all of these folks for the hard work that they put in to achieve great results. And, let's give props to Mr. Skibar -- to go from working as a deliveryman (I read that online) to owner of the very same establishment (and, many others) -- that's the essence of the American Dream, right there.

@MOTM1234 7 месяцев назад

I was in the area of this diner and just ended up wanting to grab some breakfast/lunch food and walked into this place - I still remember how pleasantly surprised I was at the quality of food and the cleanliness of the joint. It's very cool to see them get their dues.

@MrNathancast 11 месяцев назад

Shout out to all my Latinos working in the kitchen! The backbone of the service industry

@keanuvillanueva8128 11 месяцев назад

Salute to the people working behind the food that we eat

@wpeters4361 9 месяцев назад

I moved out of NYC in 2020 and was saddened at that time to learn Old John's had to close down...I'd eaten there many times. So happy to hear it's been reopened. We lost so many businesses during the pandemic and really happy to hear that one has reopened.

@anthonypearson6759 7 месяцев назад

Always our Hispanic brothers and sisters working hard in the background to keep our country running. Bless all of you.

@pacmanwrecks355 3 месяца назад

I’m so happy they got a spotlight in this interview

@Chaddingway 2 месяца назад

America wouldn't have a restaurant industry to begin with if it wasn't for the Hispanics and Latinos/Latinas running those kitchens.

@Bullish431 10 месяцев назад

This is a real chef, I’ve worked back of the house before and the Spanglish is what you hear through out the kitchen. Happy they are getting recognition because they really work hard

@edjarrett3164 11 месяцев назад

Every dish that I watched moved into the pass was spot on. I love their full on scratch menu. I think their menu is perfectly sized for their service, a flaw too many restaurants with large menus fall into. Wish their business the best.

@saleena9820 11 месяцев назад

🙌🏼🙌🏼

@TheOriginalArchie 11 месяцев назад

Watching deliveries being slid down into the basement, using improvised slides on the stairs, brings back so many memories for me. I was recently talking to my friends from outside of NY about that, and they didn't even know what I was talking about. It's nice to know this type of delivery still goes on, because I've seen so many of my childhood establishments close down. We use to walk on the steel doors when we walked by, because we thought it brought good luck.

@petemac7969 11 месяцев назад

We need more Diners in the country! Old fashioned homestyle cooking with good size portions and quality ingredients. Find that in the fancy restaurant that charges you $100 for something that doesn't even cove the plate!

@jdelorenzod2725 11 месяцев назад

I agree. So sick of all kinds of "ethnic" cuisines but its damn hard for find a good old fashioned American diner.

@nonenoneonenonenone 11 месяцев назад

Diners truly love all, serve all.

@ochervelvet9687 8 месяцев назад

@@jdelorenzod2725Nobody is forcing you to eat “ethnic” cuisine, which is only the foods from all our different backgrounds. You can go anywhere in any city or town in America and order diner-style food. No lack of omelets or pork chops or fish and chips or waffles or hamburgers. Ethnic restaurants open so we can have variety from the same-old same-old.

@movieswithmatticus5469 7 месяцев назад

yea they need to go back to their countries! @@jdelorenzod2725

@hildamaine8319 10 месяцев назад

I miss the dinners in New York. I'm glad he's showcasing his staff. All hardworking people.

@joeavdichuk7991 11 месяцев назад

Bro major shout out to chef Victor the heart of this diner my man's has mad passion and live for what he does

@chrisheinrich8465 11 месяцев назад

I need to stop watching these on an empty stomach 🤤

@thesadboxman 11 месяцев назад

I find it so amazing that this place is operated by hard working immigrants and serving up the classic American dishes.

@Ch33no 11 месяцев назад

If he cooks diner food that good. I'd love to try some of his Mexican dishes.

@MrJibbin54 11 месяцев назад

Ms. Martha absolutely slicing up that salmon fired me up 🔥

@nerd26373 11 месяцев назад

Eater never disappoints. Their content has always been the best.

@nurlagrande 11 месяцев назад

Never been consistent tho. The amount of shows the axed without even saying anything

@cwg73160 11 месяцев назад

@@nurlagrandeDo you want them to make press releases or email you regarding every decision they make?

@kingpaw217 11 месяцев назад

Except for Plateworthy

@tranmt 11 месяцев назад

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@nurlagrande 11 месяцев назад

@@cwg73160 nah maybe just say you won’t be making any more episode. Kunt

@brianmoody2549 11 месяцев назад

Preparing the meat and the fish shows the honor and respect of how food is cooked you need that understanding to know what you doing and how to do it right and pick the right ingredients and food and make it be as good as people think it should be

@steph4559 11 месяцев назад

Those pancakes looked insane

@marshhen 9 месяцев назад

Nothing frozen, just quality hand-prepped and fresh ingredients. This is why I pay for food in a restaurant. If I get served something frozen and microwaved it makes me angry - I could have done that at home. I am willing to pay to have professionals like this make quality food.

@anmnou 6 месяцев назад

I love how caring and passionate they are and want to bring high quality food to the table. In a regular diner I would never order fish (except tuna melt) but I want to eat everything they have shown here!

@benjaminniemczyk 11 месяцев назад

John's is a great diner, one of the few in that part of town. Off the path but close enough to the buzz of Broadway to take in before a show or just because! I am glad it survived the Pandemic. That area has changed so much over the last decades, but John's remains an anchor.

@edgarhermosillo9066 11 месяцев назад

My man Victor speaks better English than he does Spanish. He's just straight making up words for cooking in Spanish!! LOL

@mls01981 11 месяцев назад

I was dying when I heard "el celery, los carrots"! ¡"El apio, las zanahorias" mi amigo!

@zeruzio1345 11 месяцев назад

@@mls01981 Ha, that's funny. I don't speak Spanish and thought that sounded a bit odd.

@jce0026 11 месяцев назад

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@ciarankelly4338 7 месяцев назад

Congratulations and wish you all continued success! Must visit next time in NY. Greetings from Ireland!

@r-cdmx 11 месяцев назад

I’ve always loved a good diner. Mike’s Diner, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Same Greek family and Mexican staff for the twenty years I went there. Consistency is everything. I ordered the same thing for twenty years and always got it exactly the same way preferred. Awesome place. Now I live in Mexico City, Mexico where the first (to the delight of many us here) an American owned diner by New Yorkers has opened OJO ROJO Diner (Red Eye Diner).

@moto3463 11 месяцев назад

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@juliettownsend2849 7 месяцев назад

Its what I miss most about NYC - a good diner. Everything in this video is amazing I have no doubt.

@megapangolin1093 7 месяцев назад

Fantastic video, it is really enlightening, the quality of the cuisine, the Chef completely nails his job, he is a hero, love the bilingualism too. I wish we had such hard-working folk producing such brilliant food in a diner in the UK. Well done to all involved. Thank you.

@ptommo1543 11 месяцев назад

That tuna melt sandwich just made me drool…..I’ve just eaten too 😂

@user-us5gt1ug8h Месяц назад

The food is from the heart,love these family owned diners and they abound in India dishing out local delicacies,the chefs are basically multitaskers making a plethora of dishes working nonstop right from early in the morning till they close

@marywatkins6798 11 месяцев назад

Great video. These people work hard. That tuna melt looked delicious!

@betsyrocks 11 месяцев назад

I wish we had diners like this in London. Don't get me wrong, I love our greasy spoon cafes but this food looks so much better.

@geraldpain7915 8 месяцев назад

There chef's work so hard and are proud of their work. I admire them.

@Luna.3.3.3 11 месяцев назад

I LOVE diners. There's not enough of them here in Canada. The food is usually simple, much of it homemade. I've found with diners, you get what describe on the menu. This one looks especially great. 😋

@kendallevans4079 7 месяцев назад

Really labor of love! Respect for all these folks

@WordWoman111 11 месяцев назад

Didn’t know about this Diner! Great report, visuals and interviews!

@mattgeezy3002 11 месяцев назад

Hard working Mexican workers keeping the American diner alive!

@fasteddie9867 7 месяцев назад

yeah then they get drunk on Cervases and mow innocent people down.

@the_indelible_onion 10 месяцев назад

So impressed by the team here. Stunning work

@peggydejesusqq4595 7 месяцев назад

I miss living and working in NYC and NJ. The diners in those two 1:23 states are so good. I miss my over easy fried egg with ham on a fresh kaiser roll for my breakfast each morning!!! Yummy!!!

@ArielK1987 11 месяцев назад

There's alys something special. When it comes to a neighborhood restaurant. No matter how old it may be

@simonfea2 10 месяцев назад

Oh man, the food looked great. Kitchen staff are the heroes!

@yolandatubin8126 11 месяцев назад

Such hardworking decent employees…..not so easy to find nowadays. All the food looks delish!

@zeruzio1345 11 месяцев назад

If you pay them right, the workers are pretty easy to find.

@sbloome77 11 месяцев назад

Wow the quality of the the food is amazing!

@AB-xn3rs 10 месяцев назад

That food looks Amazing! Can't wait to travel to New York and try the food.

@mpat100 5 месяцев назад

Blessings for Luis his business and his staff.

@Sakja 11 месяцев назад

Oh, I haven't sat in a diner since the nineties. Back then, I would dip in for quick lunch, maybe a burger, club or tuna sando, or a nice salad. A lot of times I'd just get a slice of pie with coffee or donut with coffee. Whatever I got, it would be delicious. It would be a Jersey diner because I lived in NJ. I worked in Manhattan, but I never visited a Manhattan diner. It was always some restaurant in the area where I worked.

@djmcnerney 2 месяца назад

This looks amazing!

@LazaritoMartines 5 месяцев назад

The cuteness overload in this video is beyond words!

@karlstriepe8050 10 месяцев назад

Great video! Reminds me of my years as a dishwasher at a local pizza place. The Latino chefs and prep cooks were so hard working! I tutored several in English during slow moments.

@hippydippy 10 месяцев назад

Wow! All that food looked amazing. Chef know's his stuff.

@halpwr 8 месяцев назад

Everything looks fantastic!

@katiem6773 7 месяцев назад

Incredible team at this diner. What a diverse and delicious looking menu.

@duaneho555 10 месяцев назад

It all looks so good. Hope to try it someday.

@donkeyfacekilla1 11 месяцев назад

wow this place looks amazing!

@analozada9475 11 месяцев назад

Their food looks amazing! 🖤✨🤩

@nothingruler14All 9 месяцев назад

That's hard work! I hope y'all are well paid. The food looks beautiful. I would love to eat there. They clearly care about what they do.

@suzilahlah 11 месяцев назад

That backline is amazing. Hard work

@user-nq3ne6fz7k 5 месяцев назад

respect to the chef for giving time with his masterpiece its so delicious

@littledotti6808 7 месяцев назад

Watching this from New Zealand 😭 The food looks amazing. Wanna try all the dishes. YUM.

@user-kw9su9mw8q 9 месяцев назад

Eater never disappoints. Their content has always been the best.. Salute to the people working behind the food that we eat.

@jonwebb2300 10 месяцев назад

What I see best about this is nothing but whole foods are being used. No processed junk at all.

@isabelbeckerman9226 10 месяцев назад

Kudos to the diner owner for his dedication to serving high-quality meals and services in this upload. I admire his chefs who humble themselves to preparing their fresh and homestyle meals urgently but deliciously. I wish this establishment is locating in my hometown, where diners are the epitome of eateries in New Jersey. We Jersians can appreciate having their professionalism and timely enthusiasm to serve around-the-clock meal entrees in our mediocre served diners.

@a.phillips6892 7 месяцев назад

Great Chefs and very nice Owner! I will definitely eat here one day! Food looks amazing!

@marcellino1956 6 месяцев назад

God bless ya....you have no idea how much your diner is appreciated.

@joshhowat6269 11 месяцев назад

What a great spot. I love the show. Please keep up the good work.

@hanj31 11 месяцев назад

Those short ribs and the apple cinnamon pancakes

@tebec3624 9 месяцев назад

Yet another NYC restaurant I need to try!

@ItzBwo 7 месяцев назад

Props for showing respect to the prep cooks and the station cooks who are pretty much always the unsung heroes of restaurants! I’m a Jersey boy so anything diner related I’m down for!

@tyleryoung2348 7 месяцев назад

Respect to the Chef!! food looks so good!!!!!!!!

@hjtres7261 10 месяцев назад

I've always wanted to go to one of these New York City diners.

@lucycat241 11 месяцев назад

The food looks amazing! I’m getting hungry.

@Twobuckets321 7 месяцев назад

I guess the torch has passed from the Greeks owning diners to everyone else. It’s a huge undertaking to run a successful diner at this level.

@bl1707 4 месяца назад

Very enlightening. Hard working people

@j.gillespie5487 11 месяцев назад

Food looks great!! Chefs are great!

@karinaz8756 5 месяцев назад

A REAL old school diner is a treasure to behold. The food the Atmosphere is more enticing to me than some super expensive trendy place.

@mathogre 11 месяцев назад

Old John's is on my list of places to dine for my next trip to the city.

@NicolasValentinScotland 11 месяцев назад

That’s some good cooking . Flavorsome.

@3hristopher 7 месяцев назад

I’m definitely visiting this place

@medahenderson3055 9 месяцев назад

Dang that looks amazing 🤩!!

@rickrose5377 11 месяцев назад

What a diner SHOULD be. It seems they take far more care than is taken with most diner food. And with the wide VARIETY of food that being a diner entails.

@scottschram1507 11 месяцев назад

Now I appreciate even more the people that work so hard so I can have a satisfying meal I sincerely hope the owners and bosses appreciate the endless work that goes into their business Thank you all for everything!!!