Here’s a photo from the archives.
Me, seven years ago, at Sullivan’s Diner of Horseheads, New York.
Sullivan’s Diner- a blast from the past
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Category Archives: Diners / roadside related
Eastern Shore – Delaware and Maryland
These pics were sent to me by my friend, Susan Hormuth from a trip she took on the Eastern Shore in April of 1980. I’ll get text up later today.
Tom’s Diner. Route 50?- Easton, MD. Here are some more pictures, taken by Larry Cultrera, of Tom’s, taken about a year after these. Larry’s pictures are the only reference I can find to this one. I assume it must have closed a while ago for that to be the case.
I’ve tried locating the site by looking for the radio towers shown in the background. Rt 50 splits- 50 goes to the East of Easton, 322 (the Easton Parkway) goes to the west. The WEMD radio towers off the Easton parkway seem to look about the same, but the area has grown- all suburban houses and big box stores. If this is the right area, there’s no trace.
How about that groovy plastic sign over the vestibule? And the freestanding neon’s pretty spectacular.
Green flexglas, stacked roof. Double-wide with factory kitchen and dining room.
We think this Mountain View was somewhere between Salisbury and Assateague Island. The newspaper box is for a Delaware newspaper, but that would fit that location.
Diner in Bridgeville, DE. It’s still there and looks to be in about the same shape as it was then. Here’s a picture taken two days ago by Randy Garbin. Here’s a post, with interior pictures, from when it was still operating back in 2005. It’s currently for sale. Call 302-628-8467.
English’s Diner- Salisbury, Maryland
Here’s a shot of what it looked like when it closed.
I’m not positive which diner these interior shots go with. Anyone recognize it? Want to hazard a guess based on manufacturer and size?
Tropical Gardens Bar- New York City- 1947
Here are some shots from a 1947 publication on Bars and Restaurants I found today in my school’s library.
BARS
Forthright disclosure in this department is definitely not in keeping, even where the service is offered in connection with a self-service restaurant. Although prominent citizens may properly assert they “have nothing to hide” in occasional temperate indulgence, they still don’t really like to do it on manifest exhibition. For this reason, the exterior of Tropical Gardens, though striving for attractiveness and compulsion in line with principles for the restaurant front, has much smaller window areas, with curtains as a rule nearly drawn, to reveal very little to the street of the activities and personages inside. Still the front should express, as Tropical Gardens attempts, particularly in the doorway, the essential nature and character of the operation, projecting all possible inducements to make the customer enter.
Front door of Tropical Gardens illustrates the principle in bar design of compulsive expression on the exterior, proclaiming but not disclosing the functions within.
Note in the photo, the “deuce” principle in Continental settee.
Decorations and murals in Tropical Gardens were designed by Winold Reiss, executed by Imperial Painting Co.; Karl Egger was the General Contractor.
Plastic-top, chrome pedistal table in Hollywood booth at Tropical Gardens. Curtain is glass fabric; floor, asphalt tile; color scheme, red, white, and mahogany.
Tropical Gardens bar front, is red leatherette with mahogany top. Seigel, Architect; Rapp, designer.
plan of Tropical Gardens.
Bayway Diner- Linden, NJ
I went here a couple of years ago when they were filming a section for “diners drive ins and dives”. I’m just in the background of a shot, I know in the TV version, but I don’t see myself in the youtube edit.
It’s a cool little Comac Dinette, probably the last of its kind, that was remodeled by Randy Garbin’s diner restoration company.
Greetings from the Laurel Tastee Diner!
Over Christmas, I decided my girlfriend, Anna, needed a true American Diner experience. She’s from Manitoba and has been putting up with me geeking out over diners and all the stuff you see here on my blog for the past two years. Sure, up in Halifax, we’ve hit up most of the good greasy spoons and funky local places the city has to offer, but in my mind a storefront diner and a factory built diner are two different animals.
If you’re a long time reader, you’ll probably guess I like the Laurel Tastee- I’ve had enough posts on the place and researched its history enough. Part of that’s just that it’s close, but it’s got a really fantastic atmosphere to it. The perfect blend of seed and great food, preservation and funk. It’s a diner and makes no apologies. It’s the real deal.
So while she was stateside, we drove over to Laurel for breakfast. Chocolate chip pancakes for her. Cream chipped beef for me. Overheard conversations about bounty hunting and recruiting on campus. Had a nice little chat on the way out with (the owner? manager?) about his days as a trucker. He’d never been to Halifax, but had made some runs up Rt. 1 in Maine back in the day picking up sardines. You can see him sitting at a stool in the background of one of the shots.
118 Washington Boulevard South
Laurel, MD 20707
Here are some other posts with history and additional photos.
Tastee Diner, Laurel, Maryland
The Tastee Diner Chain
Laurel Diner
New Silver Diner- Rockville, MD
Here’s the new Silver Diner, replacing the 1989 Kullman a couple blocks down Rockville Pike. If you scroll back a couple of pages, there are some pics of it under construction.
Ingram’s diner- Jefferson, MD
4014-D Mountville Rd Jefferson, MD
It’s not a “true” diner, but it follows roughly the dimensions, and looks like it’s been there for a good 35+ years.
Blue Dolphin Diner- Katonah, NY
http://thebluedolphinny.com/Welcome.html
There’s nothing left of the interior of this ’30s Kullman turned upscale restaurant, and the Mansard roof dominates the facade, nevertheless, it’s a very rare diner with a mostly in-tact exterior and neon.
175 Katonah Ave nr Rt 35, Katonah 10536
Sesame Cafe, Wheeling, WV
Here are some shots from 2007/2008 of a possible diner at the site of a former trolley terminal in Wheeling, WV.
Interior has traditional counter setup, but no recognizable features.
The Hollywood Diner empire- Delaware
2101 N. Market St. Wilmington DE – now a vacant lot
2904 Concord Ave Wilmington DE – Now the site of a pep boys?
137 E. Main St. Newark, DE – Now a Cheeburger Cheeburger
1953 O’Mahony
Dupont Highway New Castle, DE –
I have confirmation that it is still in existence as Kelly’s Diner.
“My father owned the Grecian Diner across from Shooters Supply and the old Crab Shack on 13/40. It was a Hollywood Diner until he bought it in 69. It’s now in Boston known as Kelly’s Diner. We were there a few years ago and it was neat to see the old place thriving in the middle of a city. My father’s cigar burns are still on the chopping blocks!” Mike Klezaras
Additional info.
1948 O’Mahony
Rt. 13 Dover, DE – Recently horribly remodeled. Up until remodeling amazingly intact.
c.1954 Fodero.
As it appears now:
Rt. 113 Milford, DE – Suffered a fire and remodeling, but still shows its diner pedigree.
1042 N. Walnut St., Milford, DE, USA, 19963
Three sectioned Fodero. Appears to have been identical to the Dover Hollywood at the time it was built.
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