DUBLIN, N.H. (AP) — Yankee magazine’s 2008 Special Travel Guide hits newsstands May 6 with all kinds of recommendations for enjoying summer travel in New England, from places in Connecticut for art-lovers, to moose-watching in Maine, to 244 “Editor’s Choice” selections, broken down by state and region.
The issue also includes a feature on New England’s [...]
Liberty Elm Diner, Providence, RI
Exterior of Liberty Elm Diner (above) Interior (below)
While taking some much needed vacation time from work this week, I got to take a couple of small day-trips. On Thursday, Denise and I drove down to Providence and checked out the recently reopened diner, (Worcester Lunch Car Number 806) now operating as [...]
I just got a press release from Michael Perlman, a follow-up with it seems a happy ending to the recent plight of the Cheyenne Diner of Manhattan, which was closed earlier this month. Check this out!
HISTORIC CHEYENNE DINER VICTORY:
Diner To Go….Red Hook, Brooklyn!
NEW YORK, NY (April 21, 2008) – The architecturally & culturally significant Cheyenne [...]
John’s Diner with John’s Chevelle (Center Moriches, NY 1976)
2008 oil on canvas 30 x 48 inches
I just got a post card with the above image in the mail from my friend and mentor John Baeder. It is an anouncement about his upcoming exhibit of paintings being displayed at the O.K. Harris Gallery in New York [...]
The Miss Portland on it’s last day of business, 2004, Larry Cultrera
It has been 4 years since the Miss Portland Diner, of Portland, Maine, Worcester Lunch Car No. 818 closed it’s doors. Randy Chasse, the last person to run the 1949 vintage diner decided to sell the land to the city and actually give the diner [...]
Steel Trolley Diner, circa 1985
Conversation with Jacki Hersman of
Lisbon, Ohio’s Steel Trolley Diner
Last night I got a call from Helen & Billy of the Rosebud Diner (Somerville, Mass.). Apparently they had some people come in to see the diner. It turned out to be Jacki Hersman (and her son) who happened to take a couple of [...]
Well, as predicted the last original Dunkin Donuts roadside neon sign has been taken down. I saw a mention on Flickr about it. In fact there was a link to an article from the Allston-Brighton Tab with some of the details. Here is the link http://www.wickedlocal.com/allston/homepage/x125187152 .
Carroll’s Restaurant, February, 1982 (Larry Cultrera)
This weeks Medford Transcript, a weekly newspaper confirmed some info they published in a recent edition. Last week there was an article about the possibility of changing the amount of seating a restaurant operating in Medford has to have in order to obtain a liquor license. It also mentioned the [...]
The Cheyenne Diner on New York City’s West Side is reportedly closing this week. Originally one of the chain of Market Diners, it has been operating as the Cheyenne since around 1986. I first visited it on November 25, 1983 on the way to my first Long Island diner tour. I actually ate there in [...]
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