Any pictures of the place in its prime? Anyone able to pin down a manufacturer from the tiny bit of stainless still showing?
510 East Broad St/Rte 49, Bridgeton, NJ
It has been identified as the restaurant of the former Markette Motel and Restaurant
The Bridgeton Grill is an incredibly in-tact early silk city.
It is the only diner I can remember seeing with a Silk City decal on its woodwork.
The kitchen addition off the right side has window and door profiles that remind me of an old lunch wagon. Probably just a coincidence.
Here’s a recent find by Mike Engle. It’s located on Route 2 in Erving, MA. Does anyone know anything about this place? Any historic photos showing what it looked like in its glory days?
It’s located at the corner of North St. and Route 2.
Here are some additional photos from the past couple of years.
UPDATE:
Real Estate Listing
7A W Main St, Erving, MA
roof…windows…electrical…plumbing…heating…insulation…flooring…etc. First floor commercial space suitable for any number of uses. Seller will complete to suit for your specific use. Lots of on site parking with a municipal parking lot across the street. Pizza Parlor? Sports Bar? Professional Office? Plant your business here and watch it grow. MLS# 71113008.
Property Features
Market StatusAvailable
Property TypeCommercial Property
Year Built1948
Stories 1.0
Approx. Lot Size0.31 Acres
Sq. Feet1,000
Legal/Financial
Taxes: 2079
Last UpdatedSeptember 24, 2010
It looks like it may have formerly been home to a restaurant called the Buck Run.
Another real estate listing.
There’s a ’60s Valentine under that siding.
Here’s an interesting diner facade on some storefronts in Lisbon. Reminds me of a Starlite.
This old Paramount was closed when we hit it. Not sure if that’s out of business closed or just for the day. This diner was originally known as the Terry Square diner and was opened in 1950. A short history of the diner can be read here.
It’s a bit hard to tell, but under all the red siding is a 1930s Worcester car. Not much left original to the interior either, but still really has the vibe.
This appears to be under new management and now operates under the name the Golden Diner Restaurant. Last I was there it was 
Here’s a shot from several years back of the interior.
from Randy Garbin of the interior as it looks now. Really a shame.
From a 1953 article:
The New Ideal Diner in Aberdeen, Maryland, located on Route 40, a broad four lane highway that connects Baltimore with the New Jersey Turnpike, is a good example. Sparkling and clean, its counter and comfortable booths can accommodate 102. Its menu caters to a wide range of eating tastes.
On the average day, you will find chauffeured limousines sharing its parking space with jeeps, hot rods and station wagons. You might even bump into Maryland’s Governor Theodore McKeldin, Jr. It is one of his favorite stopping-off places when he is traveling on the road.
The New Ideal’s owners, Steve Karas, Jr., and his uncle, Pete Mikes, paid O’Mahony’s $105,000 for it. They could have spent as little as $30,000 for a smaller unit, or as much as $150,000 for a larger one.
Here’s a small southern chain, a few of the buildings are still around and recognizable, though most have by this point been torn down. I haven’t thought about these in two years, but was generously reminded this evening so I thought I’d put up these archival photos, taken by Michael G. Stewart , mostly in the 1970s and 1980s.
For more info on their history and for other locations, check out the Roadsidenut website, the incredible work of Debra Jane Seltzer.
The Falls Church, Virginia Location, operating as George’s Diner / George’s Deli
And more recently as Victor’s Grill
The Front Royal, VA location as the Do-Nut Diner
The Front Royal location c. 2003 as the Fox Diner (since torn down). I submitted photos of this one to Zippy the Pinhead the first time I was there. A few years later I returned and there was a local news story hanging on the wall with a very angry tone to the effect of “what is this strange comic strip and how did they find us- why won’t they leave us alone!” It was all very funny. The owners when it was the fox made it one of the best diners in the region (even if it isn’t a true diner). The owners from before it was torn down gave it all the atmosphere and charm of a McDonalds. They didn’t get what they had and didn’t seem to get the area or their customers.
And though I don’t have super old photos of this one, here is a shot of the Winchester, VA location, which, when the photo was taken, had the signage from the Donut Castle up, though it had been bought and was operating at the Seoul Garden Cafe. It is now the North Loudoun Diner.
Patent Art
Archival postcard of a Donut Dinette.
Diner Hunter 