I was checking out links on Rich Kummerlowe’s Under the Orange Roof website (in my blogroll) which in itself is a great place to get into Howard Johnson’s info. I found many links that peaked my interest, but one stood out! It was a blog written by Dave Aldrich called Pleasant Family Shopping. It features [...]
A new “old” diner will be opening in Worcester shortly. Actually this diner has been waiting to open since 1961 or so. Let me explain with some background. On May 23, 1961, the contents, tooling and other sundry assets of the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company were sold at auction to Francis Van [...]
I just got an email yesterday from old friend David Guss who sent a link to the CBS Evening News that had a piece on recycling cooking grease to be used as fuel for adapted diesel engines. It featured David’s nephew and the Deluxe Town Diner of Watertown.
Here is the link to the video…. http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3746513n
Zippy the Pinhead & Bill Griffith at O’Rourke’s, 1999
Photo by Larry Cultrera
On August 31, 2006, after a devastating fire and unfortunately, no fire insurance, it looked like the end for one of Connecticut’s if not America’s most beloved diners. But more than likely because of its fame and recognition as well as its loyal clientele, [...]
Todays Hartford Courant has an article about Skee’s Diner (589 Main Street, Torrington, CT), a 1920’s vintage Jerry O’Mahony diner. This diner is currently the only one in the state of Connecticut that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been closed for several years, but things are looking up. Here [...]
A January 18th newspaper artricle from the Lewiston, Maine Sun-Times mentioned that the Farmington Diner (Farmington, Maine) whose sight is slated to be developed into a new Rite Aid Pharmacy may be saved by the former owners. here is the text of this article….
Ex-owners offer to move diner, store it at home
By Ann Bryant , Staff Writer
Friday, [...]
Back on November 9th I posted the news that Bill Faulk the owner of the former Rosedale Diner of Pottstown, PA had passed away. Yesterday Matt Simmons (my Daryl Hall & John Oates fan connection) got a message from Cindy Faulk Baker’s sister Marla that her mother Nancy L. Faulk passed away suddenly yesterday morning. The Rosedale [...]
I emailed Tod Swormstedt of the American Sign Museum the other day. I mentioned about the Boston Sunday Globe article (I posted last week) on the subject of the possible upcoming trashing of the 1957 vintage Dunkin Donuts sign located in Brighton, Mass. Tod informed me he has been trying to negotiate with Dunkin Brands [...]
Denise & I went over to the Salem Diner to check it out under the new management of George and Zoe Elefteriadis today. We were happy to see the place all cleaned up with some updating of booths, floor tile, etc.
During the month and a half it was closed for the transition, the booths had [...]
A couple of weeks ago I contacted Joe Cultrera, the independent film producer (an acquaintance, no relation), as I saw he had relocated from NYC back to his hometown of Salem, Mass. Joe has produced films such as Witch City and more recently Hand of God, a film that appeared on PBS’s Frontline about his [...]
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