Beaverton’s cerulean-tinged tunnel of white tile and chrome has that true diner feel, where kids inhale chocolate chip pancakes or grilled cheese, couples share peanut butter shakes or chocolate malts, and grandparents pick at meatloaf or liver and onions. For breakfast, the stuffed hash brown is a strong contender, similar to a Waffle House scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked — but really, you go to Blue Moon for the ambiance more than anything else.

This Tualatin nostalgia diner certainly has the look down, with its red vinyl booths and shiny metallic touches; that attention to detail applies to the milkshakes as well, which arrive in glass with a swirl of whipped cream and a scarlet maraschino cherry. Flavors range from Oreo to butterscotch, with a wide selection of boozy versions — bourbon fudge, banana rum. The food menu plays the hits: burgers, chicken fried steak, BLTs, and grilled cheese. Breakfast includes standards like pancakes and biscuits and gravy.

Since 1979, this Tigard pie shop and restaurant has been a required stop at the beginning of a road trip, for breakfasts of stuffed hash browns or biscuits and gravy followed by slices of key lime pie. Pie is definitely the draw here — for a savory option, the restaurant’s chicken pot pie is a smart start.

With its checkered floors, vinyl booths, and horseshoe counter, The Daily Feast is clearly going for diner realness — the food served, however, goes far beyond the typical greasy spoon. Milkshakes are available in classic flavors like chocolate or vanilla, or as cocktails with flavors like White Russian or Whiskey Maple. Plates of fluffy buttermilk pancakes and house-made biscuits and gravy land at tables alongside smoked salmon scrambles and potato pancake eggs Benedict. And for lunch, servers deliver patty melts and BLTs with roasted sweet potato salads.

Fuller’s may be closed while it renovates post-fire, but this map simply cannot exist without it. For decades, Northwest Portland locals have grabbed a stool at the “coffee shop’s” u-shaped counter, awaiting country-fried steaks or Denver omelets. Former Simpsons showrunner Bill Oakley swears by Fuller’s club sandwich, which comes with a full layer of chicken salad — it lands somewhere between a chicken salad sandwich and a BLT. Note: Fuller’s should reopen June 23.

Half dive bar, half diner, My Father’s Place serves its menu of corned beef hash, ham steak and eggs, and pancake breakfast sandwiches from 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. every day. The vibe in the daylight is starkly different from its evening look, dimming the lights as musicians and chefs pop in for after-work Flaming Dr. Peppers. The more lunch-esque menu also retains countless nostalgic hits, including open-faced turkey sandwiches and patty melts.

Northeast Broadway’s Cadillac Cafe, with its peculiar balance of Art Deco and 1950s aesthetics, may feel a little fancy for diner status, but the combination of a knockout chicken-fried steak, thick milkshakes, and Monte Cristo with marionberry jam give it diner credentials. The Bunkhouse Vittles — a hearty breakfast of chicken-apple sausage, eggs, potatoes, and hazelnut custard French toast — is a popular and reliable order, especially when accompanied by a bloody mary.

This straightforwardly named Vancouver diner feeds food-insecure seniors, as a project from Meals on Wheels People, but diners of all ages can pop in for biscuits and gravy, country fried steak, and meatloaf sandwiches. No visit is complete without a slice of pie from the case, with options like banana cream and peanut butter.

A Portland-born chain, Elmer’s is frequented by Portland food personalities like Peter Cho and Gary “the Foodie” Okazaki. Since 1960, Elmer’s has served its popular buttermilk pancakes and Denver omelets, though the menu has expanded to incorporate dishes like Dungeness crab Benedicts, strawberry crepes, and Pacific salmon dinners. Really, the move at an Elmer’s is to get one of the fruit-topped German pancakes — sort of like a Dutch baby.

You know a diner is a diner when a politician makes a pit-stop there on the campaign trail — as President Barack Obama did in 2012. Here, Parkrose Heights neighborhood families pile into booths to order sausage gravy-smothered biscuits or saucy strawberry waffles with whipped cream. Locals know to go for the juicy German sausage, which comes with three eggs and a choice of pancakes or hash browns.

Gresham is home to a number of classic diners and family bar and grills, but Polar King is probably the closest to an all-American diner. Breakfasts of corned beef hash, Denver omelets, and steak and eggs make way for lunches of egg or tuna salad sandwiches, patty melts, and French dips, with plenty of milkshake and sundae varieties. Don’t expect any frills, but if you’re looking for a true old-school diner, Polar King fits the bill.