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Since 1990, Roadside has not only provided a reliable source of information about diners and roadside attractions, it has livelied up the preservation debate.
Here we offer up some of the latest of our online and printed commentaries.
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When I'm King
- Category: Roadside Approved
- Published on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 22:45
Our "Recipe for an American Renaissance" is slowly working its way into the public eye. In fact, we know of at least one restaurant that has begun to use it on their menus (though without our permission), and we look forward to the day we hear a politician use it in a stump speech. Yet, I grow impatient, and would like to see its practical application made while I'm still young enough to enjoy it.
Roadside Food
- Category: Eat in Diners
- Published on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 22:06
From the Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink
Roadside food developed in response to the fast-growing American market of hungry travelers. Unlike its culinary cousin known as fast food, Roadside food typically involves a measure of hands-on craftsmanship in its preparation and presentation, and though still rather fast, the cuisine requires a modicum of patience from the customer. Fast food, as the saying goes, “waits for you.”
Immigrant Status
- Category: In the Trenches
- Published on Monday, 21 July 2008 22:12
A protest rally took place in Philadelphia on Valentine's Day in 2006 in demonstration against a proposed anti-immigration law now before Congress. What made the event noteworthy was that most of the participants were the targets of the legislation, and that these protesters mostly worked in area restaurants. As a follower of the diner industry, this issue hits close to home, since I see an increasing number of these "illegal immigrants" working in the diners I visit.
When I'm King
- Category: Open Roads
- Published on Monday, 21 July 2008 21:58
Our "Recipe for an American Renaissance" is slowly working its way into the public eye. In fact, we know of at least one restaurant that has begun to use it on their menus (though without our permission), and we look forward to the day we hear a politician use it in a stump speech. Yet, I grow impatient, and would like to see its practical application made while I'm still young enough to enjoy it.
ELF vs. the Great Suburban Denial
- Category: Preservation
- Published on Thursday, 06 March 2008 19:00
Last week, someone torched three 4,000-square-foot-plus McMansion-like “dream homes” in the Seattle area. Because of some placards left at the scene, the FBI suspects a group known as the Earth Liberation Front or ELF. In 2001, the FBI labeled the group as “eco-terrorists,” in an attempt—in our minds—to brand what are really just a bunch of vandal ideologues with the worst possible name.
For those who don’t know, the ELF is so loose knit, it hardly warrants description as an organization. The group seems to operate in small cells with little relation to each other except for their common dislike of sprawl and anything else they feels harms the environment. ELF barely exists at all except as a nebulous idea and an ideological banner under which completely independent activists can operate.