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Miss Albany closes -- Diner in danger
02-03-2012
Fans of the now former Miss Albany Diner or of diners in general will not be happy about this news.... Read more
Chagrin Falls shows soft heart for its hardware store
01-29-2012
Who says that the internet hasn't helped the local business? It's all in how you use it. In the Era of... Read more
Hollywood to theaters: Upgrade or die
01-26-2012
As if small, independent and historic theaters have enough to worry about. Soon they won't even have any films to... Read more
Classic downtown theater preserved and repurposed
01-24-2012
When one thinks of Los Angeles, the notion of a traditional downtown isn't the first image to come to mind.... Read more
Pittsfield diner stays in the family
01-17-2012
Good to see this diner stalwart still going strong. 55 years later, Pittsfield diner is still all in the family By Dick... Read more
Libby's goes Greek
01-17-2012
Would it be too much to ask that the new owners simply preserve this rare Worcester diner and keep it... Read more
New hardware for Amtrak
01-13-2012
For all the money that Congress and the President tossed around since 2009, you'd think Amtrak would have all-new-everything by... Read more
Single screens reviving in traditional neighborhoods
01-13-2012
It's worth mentioning that The Cinema on Clinton Avenue sits right across the street from the fantastic Highland Park Diner... Read more
Washington Post ten years late to our Pittsburgh party
01-06-2012
The Washington Post declares Pittsburgh hip. Welcome to the party, Post. We called this one over ten years ago. We've... Read more
Experts discuss Amtrak's prospects for profit
01-06-2012
The folks over at Freakonomics (which has a podcast I listen to almost religiously) have weighed in on the prospects... Read more
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My Nashville Pilgrimage - Intro
Let the record show that I, Randy Garbin, publisher of Roadside Magazine and RoadsideOnline.com, two of the finest documents of... 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
Buffalo to Butler: Birthdays, Baseball, and Buggie…
Arcade Restaurant in Titusville, Pennsylvania — one of several stops on our road trip from Grand Island, New York to... Read more
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
A Restaurant That Lives Up To Its Name
I am married to Michigan. But I am in love with Pennsylvania. Sure, Michigan and I have had some good... Read more
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
Five Days Five Diners
Five day road rip to Boston. Combining my two loves – boxing and diners – made for the near-perfect working... Read more
Customer pays bill with loving video tribute
It's a rather dizzying tour of Daddypop's Tumble Inn Diner in Claremont, New Hampshire, but if you want to see... Read more
Tour of the Petrogiannis empire
Tour of the Petrogiannis Philly Diner Empire Last night, I took a writer for Philadelphia Magazine on a little tour of... Read more
Roadside Approved Link: OnlynDetroit.com
Because of its current state of unfortunate affairs and its rich industrial and cultural history, we are in search of... Read more
Roadside interviews Mr. Ed
We interviewed Mr. Ed from Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania in May 2002. We hoped to put together... Read more
Six Days a Week
Story and Photos by Helen Anne Gately "You tryin' to stay out of trouble?," Scott greets Dan as he enters the... Read more
Issue 16 for your downloading pleasure
Thanks to a recent story published in the Washington DC City Paper and in honor of the soon-to-be-open Capital City... Read more
In the Temple of Pie
Good pie nourishes not only the body but also the spirit. It requires generous measures of dedication, heaping cupfuls of... Read more
Atlantic City Gamble: What happened to A.C. should…
Turns out, our excursion to Atlantic City proved rather timely. Not long after we got back, New Jersey's Governor Christie... Read more