Good Eats-Show Us Your Vintage Diners

[DaveProc]

Wow thank you. Might be time for a trip back home!

You are most welcome! It will be worth the trip

 

[DaveProc]

The Poirier’s Diner, Providence, Rhode Island about three miles from my office. Later operated under names such as El Faro, Arnold’s Diner and the Top Hat Diner on Atwells Avenue. Moved to Westminster Street and restored (now the West Side Diner)

 

[BobHufford]

This could be yours: (Not mine, no affiliation ... but if money was no object I'd move it here to the farm and do weekend pie sales out of it)

https://www.cheapoldhouses.com/latestlistings/

FREE if moved! “A castle-shaped 1930s-era portable metal diner that years ago was home to a Wichita burger stand on East Douglas but that has been hidden on a rural property in Butler County for decades could find new life if moved.

This building was constructed by Ablah Hotel Supply sometime between 1934-1935. Ablah was based out of Wichita, KS; they built these pre-fab diners in the late '20s through mid to late 1930s. With the help of a few historical diner experts, it was determined that the building was most likely either the former Little Palace Lunch No. 1 from 3037 E. Douglas or the Continental Grill No. 2 from 3012 E. Douglas. This is the only definite Ablah Hotel Supply castle-shaped diner survivor and is in remarkable shape. It's an important building both from an architectural and a roadside Americana standpoint.

It’s steel framed with riveting and approximately 20' x 20' — the building was originally moved to the current location using a crane; it would take some significant logistics and money to move off of the property. If you're interested in acquiring, moving, and restoring this building, please contact Ada at [email protected]” #cheapoldhousesks

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
Cool as that is, I have difficulty envisioning how economically sensible it would be to move it more than a few miles.

Still, I hope somebody saves it.

 

[tonyb]

I just now looked up what has become of the free diner in Wichita. No updates since early February.

 

[tonyb]

This is a painting, not a photograph. It’s by the late Ralph Goings, a “name” among the photorealists. His technique was to project a photo image onto a canvas or paper and work from there. The results are sometimes called “hyper realism,” it being more real than real. I‘ve been a fan of this “school” since I was first exposed to it, in the early 1970s.

 

[tonyb]

According to the site I lifted this from, it is the actress Bebe Neuwirth in a photo by Timothy White.

 

[tonyb]

William Eggleston photo …

 

[PrivateEye]

Only a couple of diners left here on the north shore

Cape Ann Diner in Danvers...I'm a Saturday morning regular

View attachment 583297 Agawam diner on Route One

 

[tonyb]

Zep Diner in Los Angeles. Among the menu offerings was the Hinden-Burger.

 

[RossRYoung]

 

[tonyb]

 

[Frunobulax]

The Diner on St. Clair in its heyday, late 80s or so. Brought to Dayton from it's original location in North Canton, OH, it was a fairly trendy (and very good) restaurant for awhile, then fell from grace in the early 2000s. It has since been, sporadically, a few nightclubs but has had trouble being a stable business.

The latest on it has it and an adjacent building, which was once a power station, being purchased by the city to become a police station. Unclear from what I've read whether the diner itself will be part of the plan or if it will be sold and relocated (or razed).

A complete write-up on the history here: https://daytonvistas.com/the-diner-on-st-clair-a-history-and-an-uncertain-future/

This appears to be a (partial) shot from N. Canton of the building in its original location.

 

[jchance]

Minnesota Railcar Diner

Tesla’s take on 1950s Diner in Santa Monica, LA