Route 40 Diner
1705 Pulaski Hwy, Bear
(302) 836-4936
Customers' Favorites
Country Omelette Specialty
Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Reuben Sandwich and Fries
Silver Dollar Hot Cakes
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Meat Lovers Omelette
Pancakes with Bacon
Bacon Cheeseburger
Florentine Omelet
Eggs with Scrapple
Appetizers
Potato Skins
Served with bacon ana cheddar cheese.
Chicken Tenders
4 pieces.
Fried Buffalo Wings
10 pieces. Hot or mild buffalo with celery sticks and bleu cheese.
Onion Rings
Fried battered onion.
Fried Jumbo Shrimp
Comes with cocktail or tartar sauce and lemon.
Mozzarella Sticks
6 pieces.
Broccoli Bites
8 pieces.
Disco Fries
Comes with melted cheddar cheese and brown gravy.
Jalapeno Poppers
6 pieces.
Pizza Fries
Tomato sauce and provolone cheese.
Cheese Quesadillas
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half.
Quesadillas
Grilled peppers, onions and tomato on a tortilla shell with cheddar, salsa and sour cream.
Appetizers Combo Platter
1. Combo
Chicken tenders (2 pieces), onion rings (4 pieces), broccoli bites (4 pieces), and mozzarella sticks (3 pieces).
2. Combo
Jalapeno poppers (3), mozzarella sticks (3), potato skins (2) and onion rings (4).
3. Combo
Chicken tenders (2), jalapeno poppers (3), mozzarella sticks (3) ana onion rings (4).
Side Orders
Fries
Home Fries
Spaghetti
Comes with tomatp sauce.
Tossed Salads
Applesauce
Garlic Bread
Coleslaw pint size
Cheese
Cole slaw Qourt size
Soups
French Onion
Comes with croutons and melted mzarella cheese.
Chicken Noodle pint size
Soup that is made with chicken, broth, noodles, and vegetables.
Chicken Noodle Qourt size
Soup that is made with chicken, broth, noodles, and vegetables.
Hoagies
Cheesesteak Hoagie
Sliced Turkey Hoagie
Ham and Cheese Hoagie
Salad Hoagie
Chicken Breast Hoagie
Roast Beef Hoagie
Cold Cut Combo Hoagie
Ham, roast beef, turkey, provolone cheese.
Diet Delights
Tropical Health Salad
Cottage cheese, fresh fruit salad and jello.
Waist Watcher's Banquet
8 oz. pure beef pattie (no bun) with cottage cheese and fresh fruit salad on a ben of lettuce.
Grilled Breast of Chicken
Comes with tomato, cottage cheese and fruit salad on a bed of lettuce.
The Scrambled
2 scrambled eggs with cottage cheese, lettuce and tomato, served with pita bread.
Super Salads
Golden Chicken Salad
Golden brown fried chicken cutlet, over mixed greens with honey mustard dressing.
Grilled chicken Caesar Salad
Grilled chicken breast Served with romaine lettuce croutons, Caesar dressing and pita bread.
Greek Salad
Comes with feta cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, olives sered with pita bread. Add grilled chicken, gyro for an additional charge.
Chef's Salad
White meat, turkey, ham, Swiss cheese and roasted beef with tomatoes and mixed green salad.
Tuscany Salad
Mixed greens with grilled chicken, grilled mushroom, onion, broccoli and peppers.
Stuffed Tomato chicken Salad
Served on a bed of lettuce with sliced egg, pita bread and garnish.
New Orleans Chicken Salad
Blackened chicken breast on a bed of tossed greens with tomato, onion, shredded cheddar cheese and garnish with your choice of dressing jalapenos upon request.
Grilled Salmon Salad
Over mixed greens served with pita bread.
Grilled Chicken Over Tossed Salad
Salad that has been tossed with dressing.
Chicken Salad Platter
Served with cole slaw, lettuce, tomato, sliced egg, potato salad and garnish.
Stuffed tomato Tuna salad
Served on a bed of lettuce with sliced egg, pita bread and garnish
Tasty Sandwiches
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich
Hot Dogs Sauerkraut on Roll
Hot Corned Beef Sandwich
Prime Roast Beef Sandwich
Roast Turkey Sandwich
Hot Buffalo Chicken Breast Sandwich
Breaded and Served with Cheddar Cheese.
Guesadillas with Chicken Sandwich
Grilled peppers, onions and tomato on a tortila shell with cheddar, salsa and sour cream.
Guesadillas with Steak Sandwich
Grilled peppers, onions and tomato on a tortila shell with cheddar, salsa and sour cream.
Crab Cake Sandwich
Fried Fillet of Flounder Sandwich
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Grilled Cheese with Bacon Sandwich
Grilled Cheese with Ham Sandwich
Tuna Salad Sandwich
Chicken Salad Sandwich
Italian Sausage Parmigiana Sandwich
Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich
Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich
Triple Deckar Sandwiches
1. Sliced Turkey
All white meat. Comes with bacon letnuce and tomato.
2. Baked Virginia Ham and Swiss Cheese
Comes with lettuce and tomato.
3. Chicken Salad
Comes with bacon lemuce and tomato.
4. Tuna Salad
Comes with lettuce and tomato.
5. Beef Burger
Comes with bacon, lettuce, tomato and American cheese.
6. Grilled Chicken Breast
Comes with bacon lettuce and tomato.
7. Route 40 Special Club
Sliced turkey [white meat], with ham, roast beef, American cheese, lettuce and tomato.
8. BLT Club
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheese.
Melts
Monte Cristo
French toast smathered with griled, ham, turkey and Swiss cheese.
Grouchy Waitress
Turkey, Swiss and Russian dressing on grilled wheat bread.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Melt
Grilled chicken breast, ham and melted Swiss cheese.
Grilled Chicken Melt
Breast of chicken, roasted peppers and provolone cheese.
Kids Corner
Kids Donald Duck
Hot dog, with french fries.
Kids Roosted
Chicken fingers (3) and french fries.
Kids Lion
Spaghetti with meatball and tomato sauce.
Kids Monkey Hamburger
Served with french fries.
Kids Monkey Cheeseburger
Served with french fries.
Kids Giraffe
Grilled cheese, with french fries.
Big Bird
Roast, turkey with mash and gravy.
Kids Chip Munk
Cheese ravioli with tomato sauce.
Wraps
Gyro Wrap
Gyro meat with lettuce, tomato, onions and tzatziki sauce.
Roma Wrap
Grilled sliced chicken breast combined with our Caesar salad.
Mexican Wrap
Grilled cajun chicken breast with cheddar cheese, hot peppers, salsa, sour cream and rice.
Philly Chicken Wrap
Sliced chicken breast sauteed with peppers and onion topped with american cheese.
Philly Wrap
Philly steak sauteed with peppers and onion topped with American cheese.
Turkey Club Wrap
Turkey with lettuce, tomato and bacon with mayonnaise.
BLT. Wrap
Bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
Grilled Chicken Wrap
Comes with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Breaded chicken with lettuce, tomiato and cheddar cheese.
Deli Wrap
Roast beef, com beef, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing.
Panini Hot Grilled Sandwiches
Chicken Salad Melt Panini
Comes with American cheese.
Tuna Salad Melt Panini
Comes with American cheese.
Chicken Breast Melt Panini
Comes with American cheese.
Chicken Cordon Blue Panini
Chicken breast, ham, Swiss cheese and side ranch dres.
Texas Chicken Panini
Comes with grilled onions, jalapeno peppers and cheddar cheese.
Roast Beef Panini
Comes with grilled onions, jalapeno peppers and cheddar cheese.
Chicken Parmigiana Panini
Breaded breast with marinara sauce and melted provolone.
Corned Beef Melt Panini
Comes with Swiss cheese and mustard.
Cheeseburger Panini
Comes with bacon, tomatoes and onions, American cheese.
Gyro Panini
Comes with tomato, onions, and tzatziki.
Virginia Ham and Provolone Cheese Panini
Burgers
Hamburger
Hamburger Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Cheese Burger
Cheese Burger Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Bacon Cheese Burger
Bacon Cheese Burger Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
St. Louis Burger
Grilled onions, mushroom provolone cheese.
St. Louis Burger Deluxe
Grilled onions, mushroom provolone cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
St. Louis Grilled Chicken
Grilled onions, mushroom provolone cheese.
St. Louis Grilled Chicken Deluxe
Grilled onions, mushroom provolone cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Hickory Burger
Hickory Burger Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Hickory Grilled Chicken
Hickory Grilled Chicken Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Bacon Dijon Burger
Bacon Dijon Burger Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Bacon Dijon Grilled Chicken
Bacon Dijon Grilled Chicken Deluxe
Served with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Italian Burger
Comes with fried onions, peppers. tomato, sauce and provolone cheese.
Italian Grilled Chicken
Comes with fried onions, peppers. tomato, sauce and provolone cheese.
Texas Burger
Comes with sauted onions, jelepeno peppers and cheddar cheese.
Texas Grilled Chicken
Comes with sauted onions, jelepeno peppers and cheddar cheese.
French Dip
Thin slice of roast reef mth dipping souce, au jus. topped with melted provolone cheese on hoagie roll.
Phllly Cheesesteak
Comes with onions and peppers served on hoagie.
Phllly Chicken cheese steak
Comes with onions and peppers served on hoagie.
Chicken Salad Melt
Open faced. Fresh chicken salad topped with melted cheese on grilled rye bread.
Corned beef reuben Sandwich
Open faced. On rye with melted Swiss cheese and sauerkraut.
Grilled Chicken Patty Melt
On grilled pita with sauteed onions.
Happy Waitress
Open grilled American cheese topped with bacon and tomato.
Patty Melt
Grilled rye bread with melted Swiss cheese and sauteed onions.
Gyros Platter
Cmes with tomato, lettuce, onion and tzatziki sauce on pita bread, served with fries.
Greek Chicken Souvlary Platter
Cmes with tomato, lettuce, onion and tzatziki sauce on pita bread, served with fries.
Hot Open Sandwiches
Hot Roast Turley
Hot Roast Sirloin of Beef
Hot Homemade Meatloaf
Charcoal Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwiches
Chicken Breast Sandwich
Tender marinated chicken breast, flavored by the char-grill and served on a kaiser roll with lettuce and tomato.
Chicken Caprese Sandwich
Grilled marinated chicken breast, grilled, red pepper, onion, tomato and provolone cheese, served on a kaiser roll with fries.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich
Boneless breast, of chicken topped with ham and Swiss cheese, served on a kaiser roll with fries.
Cuban Reuben Sandwich
Grilled breast, of chicken, cole slaw and Russian dressing on grilled country rye bread, topped with Swiss cheese, served with fries.
Southwestern Chicken Sandwich
Chicken breast seasoned with barbecue sauce and topped with cheddar cheese, served on a kaiser roll with fries.
Cajun Chicken Sandwich
Blackened breast of chicken with cheddar cheese, served on a kaiser roll with fries.
Sauteed Specials
Chicken Marsala Special
Tender pieces of chicken and mushrooms with marsala wine sauce served over rice or linguine
Chicken Scampi Special
Garlic scampi sauce over rice or linguine.
Chicken Francaise Special
Comes with lemon butter sauce over rice or linguine.
Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Special
Over linguine.
Chicken Stir Fry Special
Sauteed vegetables over rice or linguine.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Special
Comes with ham, provolone, Swiss cheese and a creamy Alfredo sauce.
Shrimp Alfredo Special
Shrimp Creole Special
Sauteed shrimp with onion, pepper, mushroom and tomato with touch of garlic aver rice.
Shrimp Scampi Special
Comes with garlic scampi sauce cover rice or linguine.
Chicken Oscar Special
Chicken breast stuffed with crab meat in Alfredo sauce.
Shrimp Stir Fry Special
Comes with sauteed vegetables over rice.
Seafood Supreme Special
Shrimp, scallops and crab meat with Alfredo sauce over rice or linguine.
Mini Meals
1. Chopped Sirloin Steak
Comes with fried onions and brown gravy.
2. Chicken Parmigiana
Comes with linguine (complete).
3. Scallops
4. Grilled Pork Chops
2 pieces.
5. Flounder
Comes with lemon and melted butter.
6. Baby Beef Liver
Comes with fried onions and brown gravy.
7. Baked Meatloaf
Brown gray.
8. Roast Turkey
Comes with stuffed and homemade turkey gravy.
9. Eggplant Parmigiana
Over linguine (complete).
10. Broiled Stuffed Flounder
1 piece. Comes with crab meat stuffed.
11. Chicken Croquette
1 piece. Over mached potatoes with turkey gravy.
12) Grilled Chicken Breast Over Rice
Over rice.
Italian Dishes
Linguine with Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
Eggplant Parmigiana with Spaghetti
Shrimp Parmigiana with Spaghetti
5 pieces.
Cheese Ravioli Parmigiana with Spaghetti
Baked Manicotti Parmigiana with Spaghetti
Rout 40 Specials
Baked lasagna and stuffed shells.
Boneless Chicken Breast Parmigiana with Spaghetti
Baked Lasagna Parmigiana Complete
Baked Stuffed Shells Parmigiana with Meatballs
3 Shrimp and Chicken Parmigiana with Spaghetti
Baked Ziti Parmigiana with Meatballs
Italian Combo Parmigiana
Ziti, cheese ravioli, stuffed shells, manicotti and meatball.
Poultry
1/2 Broiled Chicken
Comes with gralic and lemon
Fried Chicken Tenders
6 pieces.
Roast Chicken with Stuffing
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Comes with crab meat, stuffing cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese.
Entrees and Roasts
Roast Turkey
All white meat with stuffing.
Homemade Meatloaf with Brown Gravy
Loaf made from seasoned and baked ground meat.
Chicken Croquettes
Served with 1 vegetable.
Chicken Fried Steak
Comes with turkey gravy (steak battered and deep fried).
From the Broiler
Chopped Sirloin Steak
Comes with fried onions and brown gravy.
Fresh Pork Chops
Virginia Ham Steak
Comes with pineapple rings.
Philly Chopped Steak
Comes with green pepper, onion, and melted provolone. Served with brown gravy or tomato sauce.
Baby Beef Liver
Comes with onion and rgavy.
Steak House Selections
NY Prime Sirloin Steak
Prime Rib
Steak and Shrimp
N.Y. strip steak and jumbo fried shrimp (4) with onion rings and mushroom caps, served with cup of soup or salad, and vegetables.
NY Strip Steak and Crab Cake
Seafood
Broiled Salmon Fillet with Lemon Butwer Sauce
Filet of Tilapia
Deep Sea Scallops
Fried Shrimp Platter
6 pieces.
Broiled Stuffed Fillet Flounder
Comes with crabmeat stuffing.
Broiled Jumbo Stuffed Shrimp
Comes with crabmeat stuffing.
Crab Cakes
Broiled Combination Seafood Platter
Broiled fillet of flounder, shrimp, scallops and crab cake.
Fried Cimbination Seafood Platter
Shrimp, scallops, fillet of flounder and crab cake.
Filet of Flounder
Fried Captain's Platter
Shrimp (3), scallop, flounder.
Broiled Captain's Platter
Broiled shrimps, scallops, fillet of flounder.
Shrimp in a Basket
Served with cup of soup or salad and french fries.
Fish and Chips
Served with cup of soup or salad and french fries.
Breakfast Sides
Bacon
Cured pork.
Sausage
"Seasoned ground meat that has been wrapped in a casing. "
Ham
Cooked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.
Scarapple
Corned Beef Hash
Salt cured beef, potatoes, and onions.
Canadian Bacon
Meat from the back of the pig.
Italian Sausage
"Seasoned ground meat that has been wrapped in a casing. "
Bagel with Butter
Boiled and baked round bread roll.
Bagel with Cream Cheese
Boiled and baked round bread roll.
Toast
Hot, browned sliced bread.
English Muffin
Yeast leavened bread.
Side 1 Egg
Side of Chipped Beef
Cup.
Homefries
Fried potatoes.
Cup of Grits
Porridge made from ground corn.
Cup of Oat meal
Grilled Speialties
Single Pancake
Single French Toast
Short Stack of Pancake
2 pieces
Short Stack of French Toast
Pancakes
3 pieces
French Toast
3 pieces.
Silver Doollar Hot Cakes
12 pieces.
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
3 pieces.
Short Steak Fruit Pancake
Fruit Pancake
Golden Raisin Pancakes
Desserts
Pudding
Jello
Pies
Cakes
Cheese Cake
Comes with strawberry cherry or blueberry.
Ice Cream
Beverages
Coffee
Hot Tea
Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream
Milk
Chocolate Milk
Juice
Soda
Ice Tea
Milk Shake
Eggs
1 Egg
Any style.
2 Eggs
Any style.
3 Eggs
Any style.
NY Steak and 2 Eggs
8 oz.
Ham Steak with 2 Eggs
Country Fried Steaks
Comes with 2 egg topped sausage gravy
Creamed Chip Beef
On toast, served with home fries.
Fish and Grits
2 eggs, 1 flounder.
Sausage Gravy
Comes with home fries.
Egg Benedict
2 pouched eggs and Canadian bacon on an English muffin with Hollandaise sauce, served with home fries.
Grilled Chicken and Eggs
Chesapeake Egg Benedict
Comes with crab meat, 2 pouched eggs and on an English muffin with Hollandaise sauce, served with home fries.
Specialty Omelettes
Plain Omelette Specialty
Cheese Omelette Specialty
Ham Omelette Specialty
Bacon Omelette Specialty
Sausage Omelette Specialty
Spanish Omelette Specialty
Peppers, onion, mushrooms and salsa sauce.
Mushroom Omelette Specialty
Western Omelette Specialty
Comes with ham, peppers and onion.
Spinach Omelette Specialty
Veggie Trio Omelette Specialty
Broccoli, tomato, and mushroom.
Hercules Omelette Specialty
Comes with feta cheese ad gyro meat.
Greek Omelette Specialty
Tomato, onion, feta cheese.
Italian Omelette Specialty
Italian sausage, tomato, and provolone cheese.
Broccoli Omelette Specialty
Corned Beef Hash Omelette Specialty
Florentine Omelette Specialty
Spinach and feta cheese.
Meatlover's Omelette Specialty
Ham, sausage and bacon.
Country Omelette Specialty
Comes with ham, sausage, bacon, onion, mushroom, and green pepper.
Seafood Omelette Specialty
Crab meat, shrimp and scallops.
Breakfast Sandwiches
Western Egg Sandwich
Ham and egg sandwich with pepper and onion..
Fried Egg Sandwich
Fried Egg with Bacon Sandwich
Fried Egg Scrapple Sandwich
Fried meat and cornmeal loaf sandwich with egg.
Fried Egg Sausage Sandwich
Fried Egg Ham Sandwich
Western Egg Wrap
Comes with home fries and chedar cheese.
Bacon Omelette Wrap
Choice of style, home fries and cheddar cheese.
Pancakes
Single Pancake
Short Stack of Pancakes
3 Pancakes
3 pieces
3 Golden Raisin Pancakes
Fruit Pancakes
3 pieces. Strawberry, blueberry or apple.
Silver Dollar Hot Cakes
12 pieces.
Pancake Deluxe
Ham, 2 bacon and 1 sausage.
French Toast Deluxe
Ham, 2 bacon and 1 sausage.
Chocolate Chip Pancake
3 pieces.
Route 40 special
3 hot cake with sausage or bacon and 3 eggs any style.
French Toast
Single French Toast
Short Stack French Toast
3 French Toast
Waffle
Waffle
Waffle with Bacon
Waffle with Sausage
Waffle with Ham
Waffle with Scrapple
Waffle with Corned Beef Hash
Waffle with Canadian Bacon
Waffle with Italian Sausage
Chicken and Waffles
With 4 chicken wings
THURSDAY'S Specials
Corned beef and cabbage
Ham and cabbage
WEDNESDAY SPECIAL
Chicken and dumplings
Flat noodles
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Recent Reviews
A good diner in the area with an extensive menu, good diner food, great service, typical diner atmosphere though Route 40 diner has a nice vibe and is clean with what appears to be new seating booths. Bathroom could be a bit updated and a tad cleaner ( though in better shape than many). And being located in a strip mall has ample and good parking. Prices are very reasonable. Overall... definitely a good place for a meal, especially if you are on the run and just want a place...
February 2026
Came for breakfast and glad we did. Good food, good service and the prices were way less than waffle house or iHOP.
Definitely will be back on mornings that are relaxed.
Vegetarian options: Breakfast items that are vegetarian.
Definitely will be back on mornings that are relaxed.
Vegetarian options: Breakfast items that are vegetarian.
September 2024
This is one of our favorite breakfast places. Food is consistent, service is excellent and we always feel welcome. If you have a large group they are happy to accommodate you and will be efficient. And don't forget to check out the Kenny Rogers mural in the back.
June 2024
