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Eighty years on the same corner
Maple Avenue and Easton Road, across from what was the Willow Grove Air Station. Three names, one job.
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1940s – early 1970s
Dutch's Diner. A small family diner run by the Rutherford family, and a landmark for anyone stationed at Willow Grove. Long-time Horsham residents and ex-military still call this corner Dutch's.
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1970s – 1991
The Horsham Towne Diner. The Rutherfords sold to relatives of the current owners. Known for big breakfasts, baked goods, and a clear view straight out over the airfield.
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1991 – today
Lancers Diner. A new name and a newer look, plus the things people now come back for: homemade soups, the salad bar, and a bakery case that's hard to get past.
A diner destination, not just a Horsham one
If you're driving from Philadelphia up to Doylestown or New Hope, you go past us. Plenty of our regulars aren't from Horsham at all — they come in from Feasterville, Ambler, Willow Grove, Warminster, Warrington, Elkins Park and Upper Dublin.
Peter, the owner, is straightforward about it: Lancers wouldn't be what it is without everyone who owned and worked here before him. What that's meant to add up to is simple enough — home-cooked soups, entrées and desserts at a price you find fair.
— Peter, owner
Something the staff wrote years ago
L-A-N-C-E-R-S
It's been on the wall a long time. We're not taking it down.
- Logically the place to eat
- Always open
- Neighborly
- Consistent
- Everyone knows Lancers
- Responsive to your needs
- Satisfying your appetite