These days, it feels like every other post you see on social media is from a business instead of a person. Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook have become some of the best ways for companies large and small to spread the word about their offerings, and many of them are doing so in creative ways. One type of business that you don’t typically see come across your feed, though? Diners. But one Capital Regionite has set out to change that.
“A lot of diners aren’t on social media,” says Troy native Pat Fleming, who’s become local-famous for his “another day, another diner” video reviews, in which he orders “whatever they tell me to order, and, of course, a big black coffee.” “That was kind of my angle—connect old-school restaurants to new-age TikTok users.”
Pat’s content hit a nerve. Since he started posting about diners in the spring of 2025, he’s amassed more than 70,000 followers across his social media platforms, and has even begun to be recognized around town. In recent months, the success of his pages has been covered by the Times Union, Daily Gazette, Saratoga Today, NEWS10 ABC, Spectrum News, and more. CRL IRL figured we’d better hop on the bandwagon now so that when Another Day Another Diner becomes a national brand, we can say “we knew him when.”
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