I just got an item into the collection I did not know existed. It is an old matchbook cover from a pivotal diner from my youth, the Star Lite Diner, Worcester Lunch Car # 817, delivered in 1948 to its one and only operating address of 383 Mystic Avenue, Medford, Mass. It closed circa 1968 [...]
Back in May the Prospect Mountain Diner of Lake George, NY had a devastating fire. It was a 1950 vintage double-wide Silk City diner in almost original condition at the time of the fire. The diner was so badly damaged it was immediately torn down. Art Leonhard, who had owned the diner since the late [...]
Check out the new Diner links in the Blogroll…. Glenn Wells’ Roadside Fans website, John Baeder’s website featuring his wonderful paintings and the website for Diners: Still Cookin in the 21st Century a fantastic exhibit on the history of diners from the collection of Richard J.S. Gutman author of “American Diner Then & Now”. This [...]
Our old friend Gary Zemola, owner of the Super Duper Weenie Restaurant in Fairfield, CT bought the former DeCoven Diner last operated in Duncannon, PA (near Harrisburg) a couple of years ago. He has been slowly cleaning up and readying this stainless steel beauty for a new life in his hometown. It has been in [...]
As I stated last Sunday, the Lunch Box Diner, Worcester Lunch Car #690 was slated to appear on a new segment of Boston’s Fox 25 Morning show. It seems that every Tuesday, Fox 25 personality V.B. is, instead of shooting live from in front of the Massachusetts State House, trying something new. It is called [...]
The Farmington Diner in Farmington, Maine is sort of in limbo these days as Rite Aid is slated to take the property the diner is sitting on along with 2 adjacent parcels for a new pharmacy that would replace a nearby smaller Rite Aid located in a strip-mall. The diner remains open but the owner [...]
Anyone in the Boston Area can see Malden’s Lunch Box Diner on Fox TV Channel 25 this coming Tuesday from 6-9 am. I had breakfast there this morning and Dave Lane (the short order cook/chef) told me the TV station had already did some taping this past week interviewing owners Scott & Kristen Drago. These [...]
I received an email yesterday from Susan Norman. She is best friends with Cindy Faulk Baker. Cindy is the daughter of Bill & Nancy Faulk who were the owners of the Rosedale Diner of Pottstown, PA (see the mention of this diner below, it is the one in my header). As I said below this [...]
I grew up in Medford, Mass., 5 miles north of Boston. In the late 50’s and early 60’s there were many diners in the area still doing business. It seems every city or town had at least one or more diners. Medford had at least 5 diners around 1958.
There were 2 Valentine diners that had [...]
Some readers may wonder about the diner in my weblog header, others may know. FYI, this is the former Rosedale Diner of Pottstown, PA which appeared in 1973 on Daryl Hall and John Oates’ album entitled “Abandoned Luncheonette”.
I found it in 1982 and was able to get some good shots of it. I wrote a [...]
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