Comments on: The Brothers’ Bridges and Their Family’s New Jersey Burger Dynasty

By: Timothy J Stanley

Timothy J Stanley — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:43:53 +0000

Mr. Bridges is my real late grandfather ..I found out through 23 and me! I have an entire family I never even knew about! Have I got a story for you!!

By: Robert Kimball

Robert Kimball — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:57:44 +0000

Great stuff. I grew up in Short Hills as neighbors of Al Bridges, who owned the nearby White Diamond and Glenwood Sweet Shop. Mr. Bridges’ son Allen was a childhood friend. It was always a treat to get burgers at the White Diamond. I think they were 15 cents each – and two for a quarter.

By: Mr. Local History Project

Mr. Local History Project — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:30:56 +0000

In reply to Jonathan Matthews.

We should connect. I’ve been digging into this story as well after putting down for a few years. I finally purchased the 1939 World’s Fair 250+ page book and NOTHING – no vendor info, no Paramount Dining Car contracts, no Arthur E. Sieber contracts, no Diner of the Future mentions. So we’re baffled as well. The truth does lie somewhere, but can’t reach the Mana owner to understand the Louis Bridges/Walter Bridges connections.

By: Jonathan Matthews

Jonathan Matthews — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:24:08 +0000

Hey there. Re White Man(n)a at the 1939 World’s Fair: There is simply no documented evidence that it, or any other diner, for that matter, was billed as “The Diner of the Future” in Flushing Meadows in 1939-40. I have been studying and collecting The Fair for several decades now. I want to believe the story as I even took a trip to Jersey City to eat there. But, alias, it’s really very easy: all you need to do is check the guide books, maps, and daily adverts for the Fair. Nowhere is “White Man(n)a” or “Diner of the Future” to be found. It’s certainly possible that it was in operation during the years of The Fair, but it is highly and demonstrably unlikely, virtually impossible, that it was located on the fairgrounds.