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Ride trains… News from my former stomping grounds.

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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Tin Goose Diner
Tin Goose Diner
Name: Tin Goose Diner
State: OH
Makris Diner
Makris Diner
Name: Makris Diner
State: CT
Quintessence
Quintessence
Name: Quintessence
State: NY
Garden Buffet
Garden Buffet
Name: Garden Buffet
State: NJ
Tacos La Hacienda
Tacos La Hacienda
Name: Tacos La Hacienda
State: NY
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Where the G stands for Goodbye to diners

04-​29-​2012

Where the G stands for Goodbye to diners

Not to get overly cynical, but what took Mrs. G so long? The diner sat unused for nearly a quarter… Read more

Restoring the simple fun

04-​09-​2012

Restoring the simple fun

We’d like to think of this as a positive trend. With the end of “irrational exhuberance,” a return to simpler… Read more

Buffalo looks to Milwaukee for lessons on revival

04-​09-​2012

Buffalo looks to Milwaukee for lessons on revival

Milwaukee popped up on our radar more than ten years ago as a prime example of an ascending urban experience,… Read more

Fishtale Diner closes

03-​14-​2012

Fishtale Diner closes

It’s been a mean season for diners of late. Waterfront diner closes its doors By Dave Rogers You can see from this picture… Read more

Highways and the degradation of our cities

03-​09-​2012

Highways and the degradation of our cities

In this video, John Norquist from the Congress of New Urbanism explains what the urban interstates have done to our… Read more

Commuting via Amtrak in Oregon

03-​08-​2012

Commuting via Amtrak in Oregon

The Portland Oregonian filed this video showing some of the advantages of commuting via Amtrak. Wifi, local beers, space to… Read more

Portsmouth, New Hampsire wants in on passenger rail

03-​06-​2012

Portsmouth, New Hampsire wants in on passenger rail

This kind of development represents a much more palatable and doable alternative to all the “high-​speed” rail hysteria that has… Read more

Cincy’s beer heritage makes a comeback

02-​29-​2012

Cincy's beer heritage makes a comeback

The craft-​brew movement establishes a beach head along the Cincinnati riverfront! New brew pub promotes Cincinnati’s riverfront, beer history By David Holthaus THERead more

Ride Trains: Fall River rides rail for dinner

02-​27-​2012

Baby steps on the way to restoring inter-​city passenger service in New England starts with a good meal. Passenger train will… Read more

Historic movie houses face a new threat

02-​24-​2012

Digital distribution represents the biggest threat to the traditional movie house since television. Digital film switch daunts historic movie houses BUFFALO, N.Y.… Read more

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Show me the breakfast

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

Taking from Teek

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 breakfast

The Highland breakfast

The Highland Park Diner is easy on the eyes, a tidy barrel-​roofed gem on South Clinton Street in Rochester, New… Read more

Two breakfasts, two wrong turns, and too many Rout…

Rough Draft Roadtrip, Third day Gotta keep it short tonight. I got in late, and after two pints of McSorley’s at… Read more

Atlantic City Gamble: A fine idea on paper

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Every Father’s Day, I like to take my daughter on a train ride. This year I had the bright idea… Read more

Roadside Approved Link: Onlyn​Detroit​.com

Because of its current state of unfortunate affairs and its rich industrial and cultural history, we are in search of… Read more

Pittsburgh: Third place victorious

Pittsburgh: Third place victorious

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

My Brothers’ Place: The New Lord of the Rings

My Brothers' Place: The New Lord of the Rings

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

Yankee Diner inspires ‘Currymania’

Yankee Diner inspires ‘Currymania’

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

Miss Adams: Pride of Plate

Miss Adams: Pride of Plate

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

True Blue

True Blue

By Joe Manning “Man in an apron cooking potatoes, strips of bacon on the side/​Smiling waitress comes to help me with… Read more

Frank’s Way or the Highway

Frank's Way or the Highway

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

Miss Mendon Diner: Empirical confidence

Miss Mendon Diner: Empirical confidence

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

Of Juicy Burgers and Slamming Doors

Of Juicy Burgers and Slamming Doors

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

Into the Land of the Large

Into the Land of the Large

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

Gotta Get Goetta

Gotta Get Goetta

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