Archive for May, 2008

Still another diner involved in car accident, this one in Milford, PA
May 31, 2008

Village Diner, Milford, PA 
Photo by Larry Cultrera, copyright Nov. 1981
Right after I posted the piece about Cassidies Diner in Meriden, Conn. being damaged in a car accident, I found out that another diner also suffered a similar incident. The Village Diner, a 1950’s Moutain View diner was struck by a local Police cruiser that was [...]

Diner in downtown Meriden, Conn. badly damaged in car accident
May 30, 2008

Oil Painting by John Baeder, copyright 1988
Cassadies Diner in downtown Meriden, Conn. was badly damaged in an accident yesterday afternoon (5-29-08). The diner is an early 50’s vintage Silk City diner with an unusual feature, the back wall of the diner is completely finished in sunburst-style stainless steel panels. More than likely because it sits [...]

Preservation Effort underway for New Jersey’s Forum Diner
May 29, 2008

Photo by Michael Perlman
Michael Perlman sent along a press release regarding his new battle to save the Forum Diner of Paramus, NJ.
After his successful attempts of helping to save both the Cheyenne Diner and Moodance Diner (both formerly of NYC), Mike has set his sites on saving a much newer diner (and larger too).
 
Committee To [...]

Drive-In Restaurants from years past
May 27, 2008

Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, there were quite a few Drive-in restaurants featuring car hop / curb service in the Greater Boston area, but these were short lived due to the short season of warm weather. One of the most famous was Adventure Car Hop on U.S. Route 1 in Saugus, Mass. It [...]

Views of Tex Barry’s Coney Island’s old location, circa 1981
May 22, 2008

I scanned a couple of 1981 vintage photos I shot of the original location for Tex Barry’s Coney Island Hot Dogs in Attleboro for owner Arthur Bombadier’s collection of photos. This diner was a late 1920’s vintage Worcester Lunch Car in very worn condition as I recall. It was torn down within 2 years of when I [...]

The former Tommy’s Deluxe Diner soon to be reborn as the Road Island Diner in Utah
May 19, 2008

I have been in contact with Keith Walker recently, (apparently he’s been checking out my blog). Keith is the guy who purchased the former Tommy’s Deluxe Diner and moved it from Rhode Island to Oakley, Utah in 2007. Tommy’s, a prewar (1939)  Jerry O’Mahony built diner was originally one of Al Mac’s Diners and located [...]

Visit to Tex Barry’s Coney Island Hot Dogs
May 16, 2008

On the way down to Providence on Wednesday after work to attend the event at the Culinary Arts Museum, I planned on stopping at a diner I have only eaten at once or twice. It is called Tex Barry’s Coney Island Hot Dogs in Attleboro, Mass. It was once part of a chain of 14 [...]

Reception and Premiere for New England Portrait was well attended
May 15, 2008

I was able to attend the reception and sneak preview of the season premiere for WSBE Rhode Island’s local program, New England Portrait held last night at The Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University’s Harborside Campus. There were a lot of people there to help celebrate the debut of this program and help support [...]

Notes from the Hotline, 5-12-08
May 12, 2008

Visit to Skip’s Restaurant on Sunday morning
Denise and I took a short ride to Chelmsford, Mass. to have breakfast at Skip’s. After learning through a T.V. news report that the long-time owners were planning on closing the restaurant and selling to a local developer, I wanted to get some good photos into the archive. Sunday [...]

New Prospect Mt. Diner to open this week in Lake George, NY
May 7, 2008

Prospect Mt. Diner, circa 1983, Larry Cultrera
 Back in November and December I had posted news on the Prospect Mt. Diner of Lake George, NY. This was a follow-up to my last Diner Hotline column for the Society for Commercial Archeology’s Journal Magazine. Almost a year ago (May 11, 2007) the Prospect Mt. Diner, an early [...]