12-04-2025
Dominick's Diner says thank you and farewell to Erie
It's the end of an era. Dominick's Diner served its loyal customers for the last time Friday.
The longtime downtown Erie institution has been sold. Co-owner Tina Ferraro said the diner had a great 68-year run and it's time to hand off the baton to a new owner.
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She told us that customers have been coming in all week for one last meal. The diner ran out of its famous meatball omelette just after 10 a.m. but not before longtime customer Ellie Grantham enjoyed one.
'Well, I came in for the meatball omelette. It is so good. It is just the best I've had. And I've been here before and being that this is the last day I had to get here,' Grantham said.
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'So since I announced that today would be our last day, it has been… the Erie community has come out in force. I think we've sold more meatball omelettes in the last five days than we have in the last month probably,' Ferraro said.
Ferraro wouldn't share who the new owner is. She says she expects 'great things' but she doesn't expect the business to keep the name Dominick's Diner.
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