Cherry Hill Diner To Close Permanently This Weekend

CHERRY HILL, NJ — It's the end of an era. The Cherry Hill Diner will permanently close this weekend after more than 50 years in business.

The diner, which opened in 1965, will shutter at 5 p.m. Sunday. The Route 38 eatery is set to get demolished and replaced with a car wash.

The eatery's eventual closure has been public for several months. In January, the Cherry Hill Planning Board voted 5-2 to finalize a proposal to replace the diner with a Tidal Wave Auto Spa — a chain of car-wash facilities.

The diner property is also down the street from a different car wash — Auto Shine Express on Cooper Landing Road.