The Airline Motors Restaurant opened in 1939 in LaPlace, LA. These photos were taken by my father, Michael G. Stewart, in the late ’70s/early ’80s timeframe.
Airline Motors Restaurant
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Tag Archives: diner
Pickin’ Chicken- Florida
Taken by my grandfather in the mid 1950s. Great design- truly a building-as-a-sign. Check out the Riviera Cabana Club in the background. This may have been on 22nd St in Miami Beach, Florida.
Happy Dayz Grill – Shoemakersville, PA
I don’t know what this was before, but it’s had the retro-diner treatment. Full mirror finish stainless and neon.
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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