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Restoration finally for beleaguered Berlin
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Diner historian and director of the Johnson & Wales Culinary Museum Richard Gutman just sent us this photo showing the stunning progress of the former Berlin Diner's restoration. Currently owned by Claire Bergeron, the diner has sat on this location since 2003 after Claire purchased the structure from Steve Gasior and moved it from East Hampton, Connecticut to the Otis Rotary in Pocasset, Massachusetts.
The diner as it appeared in 2003.
Longtime readers of this site remember poor Steve and his efforts to restore this diner using the services of Daniel Zilka. Amazingly enough, even after that debacle, Zilka was hired again by Claire to finish that work, which he didn't.
Happily, Claire finally found Steve Spencer, an associate of Richard's at the museum, who apparently possesses the ability to do this work. Steve was also assisted by his son and Richard.
No word yet on what Claire plans to call the diner, which replaces the former Tin Man Diner, a Sterling Streamliner was destroyed by arson and which currently rots away in storage in Westport, Massachusetts.
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Posted at 2009-12-16 06:20:01
It looks like the name Richard J. S. Gutman was intended to appear at the beginning of the text, but somehow didn't get there.
Also, I need only to look at the photo to know this is a Mountain View diner. But there are (hopefully) new diner fans all the time, so this might be worth mentioning.
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.
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Posted at 2009-12-16 06:20:01
It looks like the name Richard J. S. Gutman was intended to appear at the beginning of the text, but somehow didn't get there.
Also, I need only to look at the photo to know this is a Mountain View diner. But there are (hopefully) new diner fans all the time, so this might be worth mentioning.
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