YOU SAID:
I sat down at the diner and had my dinner.
INTO JAPANESE
私はダイナーに座って夕食をとりました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I sat in the diner and had my dinner.
INTO JAPANESE
私はダイナーに座って夕食をとりました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I sat in the diner and had my dinner.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.