America’s classic diners through the decades
Jacqui Agate
04 July 2024
Counter culture
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1890s: how the diner began
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1890s: the precursor to the modern diner
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1900s: a new era for the lunch wagon
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1900s: the Worcester Lunch Car Company is born
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1910s: the rise of casual dining
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1910s: the first fast food restaurant
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1910s: the classic diner takes shape
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1920s: a new diner in New York City
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1920s: punters at the bar in a 1920s diner
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1930s: a diner waitress makes Quaker oats
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1930s: Art Deco style
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1930s: New Jersey's Summit Diner
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1930s: inside Joe's Cafe, Los Angeles
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1930s: a lunch counter in New York City
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1930s: a waitress serves a young couple
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1940s: smiling diner staff in the 1940s
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1940s: striking workers at a 1940s diner
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1940s: diner staff and punters listen to a radio broadcast
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1940s: a heaving diner car
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1940s: The Pig diner near Los Angeles, California
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1950s: Salem Oak Diner in New Jersey
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1950s: a diner in Downtown Nashville
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1950s: teens laughing at a diner
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1950s: a roadside diner in Virginia
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1950s: teens choose a song on the jukebox
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1950s: milkshakes all round
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1960s: a New Jersey major at a diner in Elizabeth
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1950s: a celebrity stops by her local diner
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1960s: JFK chats to supporters at a New Hampshire diner
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1960s: a Civil Rights sit-in at an Alabama diner
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1960s: a classic diner in Midnight Cowboy
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1970s: C & J's Diner in St Paul, Minnesota
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1980s: Mickey's Diner in St Paul, Minnesota
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1980s: truckers in a diner in San Leandro, California
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1980s: the bar at Finch's Restaurant, Raleigh
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1990s: the diner plays a starring role
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1990s: waitresses in a classic US diner
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1990s: a diner scene from Thelma and Louise
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2000s: a diner along Route 66
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2000s: Barack Obama on the campaign trail in 2008
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2000s: a breakfast plate at Big Bad Breakfast
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2010s: Mel's Diner in Fremont, Nebraska
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2020s: Rosebud American Diner in Somerville, Massachusetts
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