America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 67 · Life Beside the Road · Page 95 in print
Roadside Diners
The American diner grew from mobile lunch-wagon businesses. Later manufacturers supplied compact restaurant buildings that could be shipped to a roadside site.
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Booths
Table seating included in many postwar diners.
Counter
Long serving surface in the diner.
Enamel
Hard finish applied to prewar diner surfaces.
Exmore Diner
Virginia diner supplied by the Silk City manufacturer.
Fleck Glass
Decorative glass named among diner finishes.
Formica
Counter-surface material recorded at Sam’s Diner.
Kullman
New Jersey manufacturer of Sam’s Diner.
Lunch Wagon
Mobile food-service predecessor of manufactured diners.
Monitor Roof
Raised-roof form used on earlier diners.
Mosaic Tiles
Small decorative tiles used on diner surfaces.
Paterson
New Jersey city where the Exmore diner was manufactured.
Plate Glass
Large glass panels used in later diner windows.
Silk City
Diner manufacturer identified in the Exmore account.
Stools
Seats arranged at the diner counter.
Walter Scott
Providence lunch-wagon operator discussed in the diner history.
Sources
- National Register documentation, reference 64500746 (Virginia diners)Virginia Department of Historic Resources