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Some more from the archives, in no particular order.

Short Stop Diner, now Irene’s pupusas. Wheaton, MD
It’s a 1956 Kullman. The neon was nearly as big as the diner itself, but has since disappeared.

Then:

Now:

Diner- Front Royal, VA
It’s a 1956 Mountain View. Front Royal used to be a hotbed of diners. It had this one, Nick’s Good Food diner, the Do-nut dinette, and another ’50s stainless model. The other three have been knocked down, and this one’s now a used car dealer.

Now:

Frost Diner- Warrenton, VA
The Frost is a 1955 O’Mahony.

Inside

Counter

A sign of the times- Disco Fashion T-shirts

Pork Chop- $1.25, Fried Chicken $1.75

Tastee Diner- Silver Spring, MD

Tastee Diner- Laurel, MD
a rare Comac brand diner

Bud’s Broiler – New Orleans, LA
Bud’s Broiler

Allen Theater
Current Photos

Flower Theater
Current Photos

Summit Diner– Somerset, PA
Summit Diner

Moody’s Diner- Waldoboro, ME
Moody’s Diner

Diner- MA

Here is a shot of Irene’s taken yesterday

Versus how it used to look as the Short Stop

The exterior doesn’t look like the fluting is original, it reminds me of the replacement material used on Mel’s diner, the former Lincoln diner of Lebanon, PA.

The former Short Stop diner was also known as the Time Out Diner. It’s a 1950s kullman dinette.
Other similar models include the:
White Crystal, which has a reversed floorplan, with the corner door on the right, and the White Rose System of Linden, New Jersey.

Both of those diners, however, have canted corners, identifying them as later models. Irene’s is an earlier kullman, with flat vertical sections, and a four window front facade, instead of a five window. Earlier model Kullman dinettes retained the corner door, but had rounded windows.

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