Way Station Coffee Shop

Voted "Best Breakfast in Santa Clarita" numerous times...
Crisp bacon sizzling on the grill. Fresh coffee brewing. Buzzing conversations of patrons enjoying the camaraderie. Many of these patrons have been having breakfast together for almost the entire 40 years that Jeri Bronstrup has served the community at her Way Station Coffee Shop at the corner of Ninth Street and Main, in Old Town Newhall.

The diner opened in 1971, and starts serving the Santa Clarita Valley its coffee and breakfast at 5 a.m. on weekdays, and 6 a.m. on weekends. An unusual collection of old license plates from all over the country and the world — including Antarctica — enhances the ambience of the place, as do other memorabilia given by returning patrons.

"Near the back of the restaurant, an old jukebox is a reminder of the days when dining was an experience typified by a caring proprietorship and modest prices for quality food. This feeling is so evident at the Way Station that over the years, many movie companies have filmed the interior as a representative small-town American diner", as written Viki Rudolph in the Old Town Newhall Gazette.