Weekend Roundup

The Weekend Roundup feature draws from some of the postings we made during this past week. It's purpose is a quick summary and one area of the blog where we don't include map links. We include other items here not making the blog that may be of interest to our readers. We'd like to hear your comments or suggestions.

Seven diners were added to the database:

Charlie's Diner*
Fall River Ave.
Seekonk, MA
Source auction listing.

Glenwood Cafe*
Glens Falls, NY
Source auction listing.

Nautilus Diner
1353 Kenneth Rd.
York, PA
Name mentioned here.

Paterson Diner
Paterson, NJ
Source auction listing.

Penny's Diner
707 East Webster
Morrill, NE
flickr member velociraptor_com has a picture of the diner here.

Starlite Diner
1353 Kenneth Rd.
York, PA
Name mentioned here.

Sully's Diner*
Taunton, MA
Source auction listing.

The diners marked (*) were added provisionally pending further investigation. If you have any information on these diners please write us. We would like to know more about them.


For Sale:

Grubb's Diner
Huntingdon, PA


Sold:

Milford Diner
Milford, NH

There were no reports of any diners opening, being demolished, constructed, installed, or moved. Please let us know if we've missed something diner related happening this past week.


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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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Today In Diner History. . .

On this date in 1900, Worcester, Massachusetts resident Thomas H. Buckley was issued patent number 658425, titled "Window-Stool for Lunch-Wagons." Here is a quote from the patent.

"The object of my invention is to make a window-stool which will absolutely prevent the entrance of rain or water under the window-sash and between the sheathing of the wagon on the exterior and the interior thereof and also prevent any bulging or checking of the sheathing or paneling and also strengthen the frame of the wagon."

The entire patent description with accompanying drawing may be viewed using Google Patent search.


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A Look Back on September 22nd

9/22/1999
On this date in 1999, seven diners in Massachusetts were added to the National Park Service's, National Register Of Historic Places. Listed below are the diners:

Agawam Diner
166 Newburyport Turnpike
Rowley
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Capitol Diner
431 Union St.
Lynn
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Casey's Diner
36 South Ave.
Natick
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Miss Florence Diner
99 Main St.
Northampton
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Rosebud
381 Summer St.
Somerville
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Salem Diner
70 1/2 Loring Ave.
Salem
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Wilson's Diner
507 Main St.
Waltham
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Grubb's Diner - Huntingdon, PA

Grubb's Diner - US 22,
Huntington, Pennsylvania
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Retail development prompted the closure of this Huntingdon landmark. Jerry Grubb wasn't going to let his diner be demolished. During the summer of 2007 the diner was removed from its foundation. Though its future is in question. Cori Bolger of the Altoona Mirror reports the diner was moved a short distance up the road and is stored on the Huntingdon Motor Inn property.

Jerry Grubb is willing to give the diner away. However, you will need to move the diner to a new location and put it back into service. Jerry may be contacted at (814) 643-1133.




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Weekend Roundup

Updated while at the Liberty Elm diner.

The Weekend Roundup feature draws from some of the postings we made during this past week. It's purpose is a quick summary and one area of the blog where we don't include map links. We include other items here not making the blog that may be of interest to our readers. We'd like to hear your comments or suggestions.

Three diners were added to the database:

Skyline Diner
Penndel, PA

Frank's Diner*
Penndel, PA

Trail Blazer Diner*
PA

All were mentioned in this online article. The two marked (*) were added provisionally pending further investigation. If you have any information on these diners please write us. We would like to know more about them.

Sold:

Pumpjack diner, Ninth and Broad, Wichita Falls, TX. The new owner is Mike Shallenberger. The Pumpjack is actually two separate diners joined together. Take a look at Steve Harwin's web page showing the restoration of the former Brandywine diner, a 1954 Mountain View. Read about the sale here.

There were no reports of any diners opening, being demolished, constructed, installed, or moved. Please let us know if we've missed something diner related that happened this past week.




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Former Forum Diner - Paramus, NJ

While we were looking at the pictures of the White Tower in Michael Perlman's flickr photostream, we were reminded of the fast approaching deadline for saving the Forum Diner. This blog posted an entry back in June about the diner needing to be moved. A month ago it looked like the diner may have had a buyer. However the Paramus Post wrote an article that they changed their mind. This past Sunday the NewJerseyOnline.com site reported time is running out for the Forum. It could be demolished in two weeks if it isn't sold and moved. If you are interested in saving the landmark diner contact Michael Perlman right away at unlockthevault@hotmail.com.

Steve and Angelo Yannitsadis commissioned the Fodero Dining Car Company to build the diner in the mid-1960's. We've found an article mentioning the diner opened in 1967. Ted Laoudis was the owner of record when the diner closed the first part of April 2007.


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Forum Diner
211 East State Route 4
Paramus
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Former White Tower - Toledo, OH

While the White Tower may not be the traditional diner; reminiscent of the train car style, we thought a recent news article may be of interest. Earlier this year, the building was reported being for sale. An article in yesterday's Toledo Blade mentions the building has been sold to Rumpf Development, Ltd. It will taken apart and moved from its Jefferson Avenue location in the coming weeks. After restoration it is expected to reopen at the corner of Ontario and Monroe. flickr pro unlockthevault (Michael Perlman) has posted a series of pictures here.


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Today In Diner History. . .

On this date in 1929, New Canaan, Connecticut resident Joseph W. Schieffer was issued patent number 1728881, titled "Store Front." Here is a quote from the patent.

"A further object of the invention is to provide a store front that is formed in a manner so that it will simulate a lunch wagon or like device."

The entire patent description with accompanying drawing may be viewed using Google Patent search.


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A Look Back on September 12th

9/12/2007
On this date in 2007 Doc's Little Gem Diner closed due to a kitchen fire. After repairs, this 1950's Fodero diner reopened a little over two months later.

9/12/1939
On this date in diner history, Nicholas Caracasis of Roslindale, MA received Patent number: D116621 for his diner design. The design and accompanying text may be seen here.


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Today in Diner History. . .

On this date in 2006, Skee's Diner in Torrington, CT was added to the National Park Service's, National Register Of Historic Places. In January 2008, the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce announced their plans to purchase and relocate the diner. After restoration the structure will serve as a tourist information center.

Our last visit to this 1926 O'Mahony diner was in March 2008.


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Skee's Diner
589 Main St.
Torrington, CT
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Mayberry Drive-In and Diner - Moneta, VA

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Commons license

It's been just about a month since Bob Craig's diner touched down in Moneta. The Roanoke Times published an article today about the progress. Courtney Cutright reports the diner expects to open in a couple weeks. Read the entire article here.



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Yellow Rose Diner - Towanda, PA

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As with all diner restorations, we believe it's important to keep the public informed on your progress. It serves to build anticipation which can translate into increased business once open. We followed the restoration of the former Tommy's Deluxe Diner through its website gallery. It recently opened as the Road Island Diner. Our blog posts about the diner are some of the most read.

There's a restoration project being chronicled on YouTube on that you may or may not know about. Currently it's named the Yellow Rose and is located in Towanda, PA. Gordon Tindall's been working on what they've identified as a rare 1927 Goodell Dining Car Company diner. This isn't the first diner that Gordon's restored. The previous is known as the Red Rose and is currently for sale.

We subscribed to Joseph Dupont's channel when we received notification about his videos of the restoration project being posted on YouTube. In the last video we saw Gordon installing the wainscoat boards. A new video was posted a few days ago showing the result of his hard work and determination. Be sure to watch the entire video as Gordon speaks of his next tasks in restoring the diner.

We should note that Mike Engle brought this diner from Ohio and began restoration. He created a page which includes pictures and history of the diner.


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Red Rose Diner
526 Main St.
Towanda, PA
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Road Island Diner
981 Weber Canyon Road
Oakley, UT
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Today In Diner History. . .

On this date in 1891, Worcester, Massachusetts resident Charles H. Palmer was issued patent number 458738, titled "Night Lunch Wagon." Here is a quote from the patent.

"The object of my present invention is to provide a convenient, commodious, and desirable traveling apparatus or wagon for carrying, preparing, and serving night-lunches on the streets in cities or in other situations where desired."

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