A Look Back on November 1st

Last edited 1:53PM 11/2/2008
This post was orginally composed and posted while in route to the Miss Portland Diner.

11/1/2007
Bob Laylo of The Morning Call noted the Sunrise Diner in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania is looking for a buyer. Currently Steve Harwin of Diversified Diners has the diner and is working on its restoration.

11/1/2006
Kevin Keenan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette mentioned Sean Donohoe as being interested in purchasing the shuttered Edgemere Diner. That transaction never took place. It would take about another year for the diner to find a buyer.

11/1/2002
Inside Business wrote about Steve Presser's project of opening two joined diners. Both diners closed about 15 months after opening. A change in ownership and the diners were again open, this time for a little over 2 years. Last information we have in the database is the diners reopened about a year ago. Does anyone have an update?

11/1/2000
Sarah Smith Hamaker wrote of the changing nature of diners through the years in her article for the National Restaurant Association. We've included a quote from her article, "Diners still serve up homestyle food with a side of nostalgia to customers who hunger for simple pleasures."

11/1/1998
Debra Phillips of Entrepreneur Magazine mentioned the combination of diners and movie tickets. Coincidentally this fits in with our post about the Mayberry Drive-in and Diner's recent opening.

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11/1/1996
Entrepreneur Magazine writer Gayle Sato Stodder wrote of diners...

"Though they bring back memories, diners aren't purely nostalgic. In formats grand and small, typical and unique, old-fashioned and contemporary, diners are back, and they couldn't be more au courant."

11/1/1986
The Smithsonian's article entitled, "The American diner is in decline, yet more chic than ever" spoke of the humble diner's transformation throughout the years.


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