
The Diner Finder is the Internet’s best source of real diner information.Long before Interstate 91 tore its way through farms, homes and downtowns along the banks of the Connecticut River, providing a multi-lane ribbon of auto traffic between New Haven and northern Vermont, there were thousands of miles of rail, both steam and electric, knitting communities and industry together. A hundred years ago, people stepping outside their houses in most towns in the Pioneer Valley had far more transportation options available to them than they do today. Without having their own vehicles, they could go farther and to a wider range of places.
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Best Breakfast Eats in Missouri by Ann M. Hazelwood Reedy Press, St. Louis, Missouri, $14.95 Ann M. Hazelwood is a show-me native… Read more
Vacation for the Family Roadside inevitably includes a little diner hunting and chats with strangers at local bars. Wurtsboro, New York… Read more

The Highland Park Diner is easy on the eyes, a tidy barrel-roofed gem on South Clinton Street in Rochester, New… Read more
Rough Draft Roadtrip, Third day Gotta keep it short tonight. I got in late, and after two pints of McSorley’s at… Read more

Every Father’s Day, I like to take my daughter on a train ride. This year I had the bright idea… Read more
Because of its current state of unfortunate affairs and its rich industrial and cultural history, we are in search of… Read more

The Paris of Appalachia, Pittsburgh in the Twenty-first Century by Brian O’NeillCarnegie-Mellon University PressPittsburgh, PA. $16.95 Back in 2001, right after… Read more

Onion rings. Thanks to some genius, most places now serve those awful, bloated, pillow-like “beer-battered” onion rings. Everywhere from Applebee’s… Read more

Update: The Yankee Diner closed in the fall of 2010 and reopened in January, 2011 with new ownership. We understand… Read more

Contrary to what some may think, I don’t relish bestowing Lou-Roc awards, but it never fails to amaze (and depress)… Read more

Franklin Davis and his wife Linda run a tight ship at their Jessup, Maryland, diner. Maintaining Frank’s Diner, a 1959… Read more

I came prepared for disappointment. Twenty years following the diner industry has honed a healthy skepticism. I cringe more than… Read more

Location, Zoning, and Savvy Ownership keeps 1920’s-era Neighborhood Shop in the Running Sara Debold, owner of the Lee Street Deli Neighborhood shops.… Read more

Rough Draft Roadtrip, Sixth Day North of Cave City along Route 31E, you will find plenty of pleasant scenic countryside, but… Read more

Rough Draft Roadtrip, Seventh Day Try as I may, I could not seem to tune in WKRP. No matter, after another… Read more