1.   American diners want to be entertained as well, as evidenced by another crop of theme restaurants.

2.   But, the average American diner is still reluctant to order an ostrich boomerang steak, grilled medium rare.

3.   He described the menu as an interpretation of American diner food.

4.   It offers standard American diner fare, with some Mexican dishes.

5.   On most fronts, American diners have become more sophisticated and demanding, but when faced with the aperitif moment, they flinch.

6.   One result is that the fresh swordfish steaks so familiar to American diners and supermarket shoppers are coming mostly from small, immature fish.

7.   Recent articles included an essay on newly-unified Berlin, the great American diner, CD and book reviews.

8.   She is largely responsible for introducing the fruit to American diners.

9.   Still, American diners no longer have ashtrays on every table, and none really had bars.

10.   The new American diner is savvy enough to demand good service, and knowledgeable enough to demand good food.