Roadside Wire
Where the G stands for Goodbye to diners
- Published on Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:31
Not to get overly cynical, but what took Mrs. G so long? The diner sat unused for nearly a quarter century. At the 1993 SCA Diner Symposium, a presenter commented about New Jersey’s disregard for its diners paraphrasing the old O’Mahony tagline, “In our decline, we lead the world.”
Redevelopment plan for Mrs. G property in Lawrence includes Wawa, McDonald’s, bank
By Tony J Hagen/The Times
LAWRENCE — A 900-foot section of Route 1 that has been relatively unchanged for decades would be completely transformed under a retail plan proposed by the owners of the Mrs. G TV and Appliances store, which sits on 11 acres slated for redevelopment there.
SSL Realty Holdings, which owns the land stretching from Bakers Basin Road to the Ford Lincoln dealership farther south, has proposed to raze all of the buildings along Route 1 in that section and bring in a Wawa gas station and convenience store, a McDonald’s restaurant and a TD Bank. Additional space would be provided for a much smaller home for the Mrs. G store and a separate retail operation, accessible from Bakers Basin Road, for a total of 33,000 square feet of assorted commercial space.
Fishtale Diner closes
- Published on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 21:33
It’s been a mean season for diners of late.
Waterfront diner closes its doors
By Dave Rogers
You can see from this picture why the Fishtale Diner was aptly named.
SALISBURY — For more than 40 years, those looking for a hearty breakfast with majestic views of the Merrimack River flocked to the Fish Tale Diner tucked behind the Bridge Marina along the river.
But the future of the enormously popular diner is very much in question after its most recent owners closed its doors yesterday roughly 15 years after Michelle Freeman and her family opened for business.
A quick history of Baltimore’s Hollywood Diner
- Published on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:37
The Hollywood Diner has been run by the Cheseapeak Foundation for at least the last twenty years, and it looks like its poor record of establishing and maintaining a sense of continuity with a string of managers has the city looking elsewhere for a steward.
Diner Days: A timeline of the Hollywood Diner
By Richard Gorelick | The Baltimore Sun
Last week, Baltimore City announced it will soon begin searching for a new operator of the Hollywood Diner. Its current incarnation, the Red Springs Café, will close at the end of March, according to city officials.
Here’s a look back at the diner’s history in Baltimore:
1981 — Location scouting begins for the MGM production “Diner,” which is to be filmed in and around Baltimore. The Hilltop Diner, the northwest Baltimore hangout that inspired Barry Levinson’s screenplay, has by now devolved into a liquor store, unrecognizable as its former self.
“Diner” diner reopens again
- Published on Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:16
Good news on Baltimore’s diner scene. Look for a report as I return there for continued reseach for my upcoming book, Diners of Maryland.
Hollywood Diner in Baltimore, featured in movie ‘The Diner,’ opens its doors again
JON SHAM
BALTIMORE — With a new look, new staff and some new menu items, the Baltimore landmark Hollywood Diner has reopened after being closed during January.
Owner Cheryl Townsend opened the diner last March with hopes of drawing in downtown lunch customers from City Hall, courthouses, Mercy Medical Center and other nearby businesses. But by September, customers were sparse and she considered closing.
Now, Townsend said, she just wants people to know they’re open again.
“We want to see our old customers back here,” she said Tuesday afternoon as she closed down the diner for the day.
Miss Albany closes — Diner in danger
- Published on Friday, 03 February 2012 18:10
UPDATE: The diner will actually close this weekend, February 12. You still have time to visit for one final meal. Fans of the now former Miss Albany Diner or of diners in general will not be happy about this news. If you liked what happened to the Sunrise Diner formerly in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, you might love what’s going to happen to the M.A.D.
Miss Albany Diner sold to Wolff’s, closing; replacement ideas?
by Steve Barnes, senior writer
The Miss Albany Diner, a fixture in the city’s warehouse district since 1941, will close after lunch service next Friday (2÷10). It has been sold to a real-estate company held by the owners of Wolff’s Biergarten, located next door to the diner’s 893 Broadway location. There are no immediate plans to reopen it as a diner, says Matt Baumgartner, who bought the diner with partners Jimmy and Demetra Vann, with whom he co-owns Wolff’s and The Olde English Pub & Pantry, also on Broadway in Albany.