The Vintage Diner

Never had one of those olde diners, My grandmother worked for F&W Woolworth for years and they had a lunch counter. When I was young and visited her at work she treated me to lunch. Toasted cheese sandwiches. I dont want no toasted cheese, I wanna hamburger grandma.
 
William Penn Diner, south of Wilmington, Delaware, 1939. It was located near a county airport.

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(1931)* - View of Zep Diner, located at 515 W. Florence Ave, near Figueroa St. A sign hanging from the stairs advertises lunch for .40 cents. The Zep was open “all night” and was the “Home of the Hinden Burger”. The location is now a McDonald’s parking lot.
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The Princess Restaurant, Frostburg, MD, where Harry Truman dined with his wife in the spring of 1953 as he drove his brand new Chrysler New Yorker from Independence, MO, to Washington and New York --- the last time a U.S. president took a vacation without Secret Service accompaniment. The trip was chronicled in Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure, by Matthew Algeo.

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The Truman booth with picture, plaque, and thank you letter from Bess Truman.

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Mickey’s Diner, in downtown St. Paul, MN, was founded by David "Mickey" Crimmins and John Mattson. It opened in 1939, has been in continuous operation (24/7/365) ever since, and is still owned and operated by the Mattson family. In 1983 Mickey’s was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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2016 photo

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The diner has been featured in the movies, The Mighty Ducks, 1992, Jingle All The Way, 1996, and A Prairie Home Companion, 2006. Also in the TV series, ’Rachel Ray’s Tasty Travels, Unwrapped, Roker on the Road, Alton Brown’s Feasting on Asphalt, and Jesse Ventura’s Minnesota. Some famous patrons include Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, Liv Tyler, Bill Murray, Andy Garcia, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, John Stewart, the Beach Boys, New Kids on the Block, and Julio Iglesias.

Inside (scene from Prairie Home Companion)

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