The Diner Finder is the Internet's best source of real diner information.
See for yourself!
Latest News
Melrose Diner: Renovations to begin soon
- Category: Eat in Diners
- Published Date
I have it on very good authority that renovations will soon begin on the Melrose Diner in Philadelphia. While I have largely "forgiven" Michael Petrogiannis for some of his renovation transgressions on the other diners he owns in the city, I can't help but look at the exterior of the Melrose and ask, "What could possibly need any improvement?"
I still think that most of the exterior renovations done to the Mayfair were not needed, but they can easily be reversed. We'll see what happens to the other Philly diner landmark over the next few weeks.
If you don't have photographs of the diner in its current state, you better hurry. Tell them Roadside sent you!
Riding Shotgun
-
With over 1500 restaurants in the US and a dozen other unfortunate counties, his signs are everywhere - towering over freeway off-ramps, lining downto...Written on 05 February 20122 comment(s) · Read More
-
Highway 99, was the main north–south highway of "The West" until 1964. Beginning in Calexico, California at the Baja California, Mexico and U.S. sou...
Written on 03 February 20120 comment(s) · Read More -
Here in Upstate New York, there are a lot of (potentially) beautiful old Main Streets, lined mostly or completely with handsome old brick buildings fr...
Written on 02 February 20120 comment(s) · Read More -
Here are two views of another of Virginia's "Waysides," which once served motorists the way "rest areas" do now on the interstates. Ho...
Written on 28 January 20120 comment(s) · Read More -
“The Artist” is a charming movie, deserving of all the Golden Globes awards it received, and then some. (Watching that otherwise uninspired awar...
Written on 23 January 20120 comment(s) · Read More
Diner Finder Updates
Skyline Diner Name: Skyline Diner State: NY |
Mimi's Diner Name: Mimi's Diner State: Cornwall |
Deligan's Diner Name: Deligan's Diner State: MA |
Hightstown Diner Name: Hightstown Diner State: NJ |
Hibernia Diner Name: Hibernia Diner State: NJ |
| Show more... |
Get Roadateria
Roadside Wire
Prev
Next
Coney Island rising
02-07-2012
It's no Luna Park, but happily, more people continue to rediscover the charms of Coney Island. Out of towners flock to... Read more
A faster train to Rutland
02-07-2012
Vermont has embraced passenger rail service like no other state. As much fun as it is to drive through its... Read more
Ride Trains: Flying on Amtrak's Cardinal
02-05-2012
Amtrak train takes in scenery between New York and Chicago Amtrak's Cardinal is not a big train — just one sleeping... Read more
Miss Albany closes -- Diner in danger
02-03-2012
UPDATE: The diner will actually close this weekend, February 12. You still have time to visit for one final meal.... 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
Diners are Everywhere!
The Diner Finder 2012 edition is now available at Lulu.com. Full color listing of nearly 2000 diners from around the world. Order yours today!
Latest Chatters
-
- Nassau Diner
- Looking for anyone who remembers the Nassau Diner
- In Diners
-
- System Message Error
- This morning, one of our bloggers posted his first
- In Suggestion Box
-
- The RoadsideOnline redesign
- I'd very much like to know what everyone thinks of
- In Suggestion Box
-
- My suggestion
- How about a better designed website?
- In Suggestion Box
-
- Roadside Diner in Wall, NJ
- We found this one when we got lost, it was meant t
- In Roadside Finds
Site News
Another site upgrade
Visitors will notice some subtle changes to the site since Monday night. Because the upgrade and redesign that I implemented last November didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped, I opted to start from scratch instead. Two months later, the site looks pretty solid so far, and had the added bonus of a new, easier-to-use system for our Riding Shotgun bloggers.
We hope that you can now use the site without any further technical issues. If you do, by all means, write me immediately and let This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Feature Stories
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Download Issue 27: Good Diners Good Neighborhoods
Explore the Philadelphia's Mayfair section back in 1997 and how the once-great Mayfair Diner helped to bring about a revival... Read more
Hot Roast Beef with Mashed
Nostalgia can take you back, but it can’t take you all the way back. Not in Salem, Illinois. They tore... Read more
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
"She takes care of me."
Many long years ago, Roadside Magazine ran an a photo essay cleverly entitled “Boy Meets Grill,” celebrating the guy at... 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
Come for the burger, leave for some ketchup
Roadside is second to no one in its reverence of the idiosyncratic. I've gone well out of my way to... 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
Trip to the Pop Shop
Roadside Girl and I have started a little tradition where we take off somewhere together for Father's Day. Of... Read more
Sweeter by the Dozens
Paula Huber says she’s “a dying breed,” but don’t call the coroner yet. She’s much too busy -- teasing her customers,... Read more
Atlantic City Gamble: Rolling dice on the rails
I don't gamble. I have too much respect for money and work too hard to earn it to derive any... 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
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
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
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 1959... Read more
Sundae Driving
Despite consolidation, a 1930's-era regional dairy makes transition into 21st century intact "Gosh, they just like 'em all, you know?" That's how... Read more
Cookies in the Mailbox
Rough Draft Roadtrip, Day 5 I left Nashville after almost another full day with John. From there, I expected only to... Read more