In the News - Red Arrow Diner

Update 10/30/2008: Read Kathy Cleveland's account of opening day in today's Cabinet Press.

Update 10/22/2008: Cabinet Press reports the diner is on track for a Monday morning opening.

Originally posted on 10/20/2008.

Milford Diner

A new location of the Red Arrow Diner was due to open five days ago. However, today's Nashua Telegraph reports the expected opening day won't be for another couple weeks. Read the brief article here. We'll post more information here as it becomes available.

Pictured above is the building formerly known as the Milford Diner. This will be the new location of the Red Arrow.


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Red Arrow Diner
63 Union Sq.
Milford, NH
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Today in Diner History. . .

On this date in 1994, Bobby's Girl Diner opened for business. We visited this diner about a month ago during our diner trip through Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. The diner was manufactured by the Worcester Lunch Car Company in 1957.


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Bobby's Girl Diner
752 Route 104
New Hampton, NH
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Milford Diner - Milford, NH

Red Arrow Diner,
Manchester, NH

On this date in 2005, the Milford Diner closed. After many years in business, this very renovated 1930's diner had new owners. The revamped restaurant reopened about a month later, doing business as Toro. A series of events lead to its sudden closure in July 2006. In October 2007, the restaurant reopened as the Milford Diner. However, once again it closed about nine months later.

Cathy Cleveland of the Cabinet Press, reports the lights will be back on soon. This time the name Red Arrow Diner will be on the building. It's expected to be open by mid-October. The other Red Arrow Diner owned by the Sheehan family is about one-half hour away in Manchester.

We'll post more information here as it becomes available.


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Milford Diner
63 Union Sq.
Milford
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Red Arrow Diner
61 Lowell St.
Manchester
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Mt. Pisgah Diner - Winchester, NH

As so many others, the town of Winchester, New Hampshire is discussing ways to revitalize the area and attract new businesses. It's another old New England mill / manufacturing town of days gone by. Amidst all the talk in the article, two things stood out: things change and keep the diner. A quote from the article is shown below.

"'Growth is inevitable. We learned (Friday) that it's desirable,' he said. 'The destruction of community character is not.'" -- PLAN NH President Michael J. Castagna

Mt. Pisgah Diner

Back in July 2005 we approached the Mount Pisgah Diner with a bit of caution. Was it the minty green mixed media exterior? Maybe the altered roof line? It was apparent this 1941 Worcester Lunch Car Company diner has experienced a few of those "inevitable" changes over the years.

Inside, the first detail we noticed the counter top. It was Caf-O-Lite, a Formica like material. Hmmm. . . Aren't all diners of that era supposed to have a Tennessee marble counter top? Next, just like the Day and Night diner, it has the more economical porcelain walls. Other changes included removal of the booths, fluorescent tube ceiling lights and replacement of wall light fixtures.


Nearby, there are other diner cars; T.J. Buckley and Chelsea Royal Diner. Though, forty-five minutes away is a similar Worcester, the Miss Bellows Falls Diner. Upon our arrival at the Miss Bellows, the diner was closed and in transition between owners, so it's on our list to re-visit. Until then, Kaszeta blogged the experience here.


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Chelsea Royal
487 Marlboro Rd.
West Brattleboro, VT
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Miss Bellows Falls Diner
90 Rockingham St.
Bellows Falls, VT
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Mt. Pisgah Diner
18 Main St.
Winchester, NH
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T.J. Buckley
132 Elliot St.
Brattleboro, VT
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