Ralph Moberly, the man who created one of Worcester, Massachusetts more interesting venues for rock and alternative music passed away last Thursday morning suddenly at age 64. Reportedly suffering a heart attack while visiting in Philadelphia, Mr. Moberly was most recently residing in Vermont. Here is the text of an article that appeared in the Worcester [...]
In a March 1st post I mentioned that there were plans to move the Sunrise Diner of Jim Thorpe, PA to Montpelier, VT. This info according to a piece reported in the Times Argus newspaper said there were problems with the proposed site, in regards to federal and state flood plain regulations. Well now the developer [...]
Moving day for the Farmington Diner finally arrived yesterday after quite a few delays. Now the developer can continue with the construction of the new Rite-Aid Pharmacy that is taking the place of the popular eatery.
Here is a link to a New England Cable News piece on the move.. http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/Popular-Farmington-Maine-diner-takes-a-road-trip/1206398496.html
Now the real work begins for [...]
The Springfield Royal Diner of Springfield, VT reopened last week. Closed for the last year or so this diner is an extremely rare Mahony Diner. Mahony was one of the companies spawned by Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company. According to Dick Gutman’s American Diner Then & Now, the company only built 4 diners and as far [...]
The Times-Union newspaper of Albany, NY ran a nice review of Jack’s Diner yesterday. The diner, located on Central Avenue in the State Capital has been a constant fixture since 1947. Jack’s is a rare Comac Diner with alternating bands of green and yellow enamel with stainless steel and rounded corners, basically a very nice [...]
When I was a child, back in the late 50’s and early 60’s, whenever my Dad would take the family on rides north on U. S. Route 1 toward Salisbury or New Hampshire, I was always looking for landmarks such as the Leaning Tower (on the Prince Spaghetti House, now Prince Pizzeria) or Ship’s Haven [...]
Second visit to Blanchard’s 101 Diner for Breakfast
Steve Repucci and I got together and made the trip out to Worcester on Saturday morning for breakfast at Blanchard’s 101 Diner. We got a warm welcome from Chris and Matt who were relaxing, waiting for the morning’s customers to start showing up. It looks like things seemed [...]
Main Street Station, a streamliner built by Worcester Lunch Car Co. located in Plymouth, NH has recently been sold by Trish and Bob Bourque to Steve Luce of Laconia. Originally known as Fracher’s Diner it is in fairly original condition inside and out. Back in the early 1980’s when I originally documented this diner it [...]
I heard from Bob Higgins on Friday who mentioned that Worcester Lunch Car # 720, the only diner known to have been built by the company in the Depression year of 1934 (as quoted from Gary Thomas’ Diners of the North Shore) reopened two months ago as Charlie’s Diner after being closed for quite a [...]
I just saw a news item from the Baltimore Sun about Howard “Chip” Silverman, one of the original “Diner Guys,” who died Thursday. He was 65. Silverman’s exploits growing up in Forest Park (a section of Baltimore) during the 1950s and 1960s were later immortalized in the 1982 movie, Diner, which was written and directed by his childhood [...]
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