The Yankee Diner is re-Opening Wednesday the 13th!

The hours are 5:30a-2p M-F, and 6:30a-3p Sat and Sun.
16 Worcester Rd (Rte 20), Charlton, MA 01507
(774)-696-6192

Current pictures from their facebook page.
The website yankeediner.com will be up and running soon as well.

Once I get the original prints of these, I’ll post high-resolution versions, detail shots, and whatever else I can dig up on these locations. For now, take a look at these- I’ve cleaned them up, color corrected and tried to perspective correct from the shots in the listing I won them from.

From Duke University OAAA

900 Block- North Ave, Baltimore


Looks like this may be the same location

3200 W. Belvedere Baltimore, MD


Another View, this one taken in the 1960s for Little Tavern Shops Inc.

As it appears now

From the Duke University Signage Collection

approximately 2843 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, MD

Corner of N. Charles and W. North St. Baltimore, MD

As it appears now. The large building with the Rug Cleaning sign is gone, as are many others on the street. The location is now a “New York Fried Chicken”, but you can see on the brickwork where the enamel panels would have attached.

From the Duke University OAAA collection.

This ’30s Kullman challenger burned down and was replaced with a 1992 Musi, located at 6652 Belair Road, Baltimore, MD

The overlea

The original Overlea

The Overlea Diner, for me, is one of the high points of the last generation of diner building Design-wise, it looks original, like something that would roll out of a New Jersey builder in the mid 1950s. It isn’t wildly over the top, in scale or detail. It doesn’t seat hundreds. It isn’t mirror finished with a two story glass brick vestibule. It isn’t “retro”, it isn’t “nostalgic” it just is what it is, and leaves it at that.

The current diner bearing the Overlea name was built in 1992 by Musi. It replaced a prewar diner, which can be seen in the postcard. Going from photos hanging in the diner (which unfortunately I did not have a chance to photograph), the diner was entirely encased at some point, making it all but unrecognizable for what it was.
It burned down and was replaced by what you see today. The floor-plan is somewhat unusual, with the kitchen on the right hand side of the diner, the counter on the left and a brick dining room off the back. It burned, and was replaced by the stainless model currently gracing the lot.

I’ve had a couple of people ask me about the Glen Burnie Little Tavern.
I recently came across this photo, which shows Giftland Jewelers in the background, which I’m fairly sure was located in Glen Burnie.
Can anyone give me confirmation?