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Tin Goose Diner
Tin Goose Diner
Name: Tin Goose Diner
State: OH
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Makris Diner
Name: Makris Diner
State: CT
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Name: Quintessence
State: NY
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Garden Buffet
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State: NJ
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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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Westfield, Massachusetts also known as the “Whip City” still has an architecturally intact downtown, and in the heart of it,… Read more

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I don’t gamble. I have too much respect for money and work too hard to earn it to derive any… Read more

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Tour of the Petrogiannis Philly Diner Empire Last night, I took a writer for Philadelphia Magazine on a little tour of… Read more

My Nashville Pilgrimage — Intro

Let the record show that I, Randy Garbin, publisher of Roadside Magazine and Road​sideOnline​.com, two of the finest documents of… Read more

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

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Ollie’s Trolley gets honorable mention after our whirlwind visit to Washington D.C. When my former employers at Ball Publishing owned Roadside… Read more

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I am married to Michigan. But I am in love with Pennsylvania. Sure, Michigan and I have had some good… 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

True Blue

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

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Roadside is second to no one in its reverence of the idiosyncratic. I’ve gone well out of my way to… Read more

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Many long years ago, Roadside Magazine ran an a photo essay cleverly entitled “Boy Meets Grill,” celebrating the guy at… Read more

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Atlantic City Gamble: What happened to A.C. should…

Atlantic City Gamble: What happened to A.C. should stay in A.C.

Turns out, our excursion to Atlantic City proved rather timely. Not long after we got back, New Jersey’s Governor Christie… Read more