I don’t know what this was before, but it’s had the retro-diner treatment. Full mirror finish stainless and neon.
Happy Dayz Grill – Shoemakersville, PA
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Category Archives: Diners / roadside related
Frank’s Diner at night
Frank’s Diner is a Kullman Princess, originally from Carney’s Point, New Jersey, where it was known as the Olympia Diner. It’s original foundation and kitchen are still there as of last I checked. Frank’s is located in Jessup, Maryland and as you can see, looks great.
Bob’s Diner – Bainbridge, New York
Bob’s in Bainbridge, NY was a homebuilt dating to 1935, following the design and proportions of factory build models but wider. It’s been remodeled several times and the original barrel roof shape is no longer recognizable.
Raspberries Cafe and Creamery – Utica, New York
Raspberries was formerly known as the Hartford Queen Diner. Built by Paramount, the diner was originally owned by Gus Palas and Dino and Vince Chryssovergis, and opened in December of 1978 at a cost of $350,000.
4784 Commercial Drive
New Hartford, NY
West Reading Diner
More old diner photos. Every time I turn around I seem to find more diners I haven’t published here yet. These photos were taken c.2005.
Pennsylvania’s West Reading Diner had received a light retro-remodeling to the exterior- it sports more quilted stainless in these photos than it came out of the factory with. The interior has also been re-done. But the overall exaggerated modern lines of the diner are still in-tact.
Eulla Mae’s Cafe
Read the tragic tale of this diner’s move to Washington DC and subsequent demolition. HERE
I just ran across additional photos of it from when it was still operating in Pennsylvania in the courtyard of Adam’s Antique mall.
Paul’s Repairs – Diner Find – NYC
Another Diner Find from Ed Engel.
4419 Vernon Blvd, Queens, NYC
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Diner Finds- NYC
Randall Diner – 1201 Randall Ave. Bronx. Now Allen’s Restaurant. This one is in the Diners of NY book, but as a ’70s diner. Looks like it may be a remodel of the much older diner.
154 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn NYC. Now El Cibao Dinner (yes- Dinner not Diner). These diner/ gas station combinations were popular in the early days. A lot of the gas stations survived in one way or another. A lot of the diners did not.
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Mike’s Diner – NYC
Ed Engel found a photo of this old barrel roof diner while searching through the 1980s NYC DOF tax photos online. Full record here. It’s still there, though as seems to be the case with these 80+ year old diners, it looks to be hacked to bits and barely recognizable.
1102 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NYC
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