Diners #41-45

Five more diners before I head out to increase the number with a trip into New Hampshire.

El Greco in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn is your classic Environmental diner. Many call this style, Mansard Mediterranean.  The terra cotta roof tiles on the mansard roof are more of a fashion statement than anything else.  It is nearly the opposite of a stainless steel diner.  The large foyer sits prominently on the front corner of the diner, welcoming guests up a small flight of stairs, which today would not be ADA complaint. At the same time, the diner is still very original to its origins as a 1974 DeRaffele.  As I remember, the food was typical to your Greek run diner in a metropolitan area. 

The D-K Diner in West Chester, Pennsylvania is a 1953 Mountain View diner. Mountain View diners had serial numbers right by the inside of the front door and this diner is #361.  This Mountain View does not have its typical famous "cow catcher" corners.  Other than the canopy over the top roofline of the diner, the interior and exterior of the D-K Diner is very original.  The D-K is a popular place in the populated region of south east Pennsylvania.

The Amphora DeLuxe Diner, as it used to be called before it was shot down, may have been built by DeRaffele.  The newspapers articles about this diner are a little cloudy on who built it, but they do mention DeRaffele.  The inside of this building hints at being a diner, but really does not come out and say diner even like 1970s diners.  They still do have a counter and still serve your diner favorites, but it is more like a restaurant than a typical diner.  also, check how much metal? is above the windows. It is not stainless steel like on your typical retro diner.

I took this photo of a closed diner in Syosset, Long Island very close to the Celebrity Diner on the opposite side of the Jericho Turnpike, a popular diner highway.  Shortly after the photo, Patsy's Pizzeria took over the diner.  The diner seems to be a DeRaffele, but it could easily be from a different manufacturer copying the reverse step roof line that DeRaffele used for a few years.  I would assume there was a sign advertising the diner at one time on the right front corner of the roof line.

 The Moonlight Diner in Hollywood, Florida is part of a small chain of Starlite diners in southern Florida.  I did not eat at this one, but snapped this photo of one of the larger Starlites.  The diner sits on the outer circle of a mall property in Hollywood.  Being in Florida, this diner had seating on an outside deck which is open up nearly all year.  This diner started as a diner called Starlite Diner, most likely run by the company, but two of their diners were soon bought out by the independent Moonlight Diner chain, which now has three locations, two of which are Starlites.

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