Named for Mom’s diner
Years ago, Miss D’s mom ran a diner here in Statesboro called The Friendly Diner. When Dana Smith, Miss D to just about everybody, opened a place of her own, she named it after her mom’s.
Before it was D’s, our spot was a breakfast place called Mr. Omelette, and Dana waited tables there. When Mr. Omelette closed, she bought it. On June 14, 2012, D’s Friendly Diner opened its doors.
We’re a small diner in the Statesboro Square Shopping Center, and we grew by word of mouth. Walk in and you’ll hear it straight away: “Hey y’all! How are you?”
“I loved making friends with customers and eventually calling them family, so I wanted my own place where the customers become family.”
