Diners #6-10

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 One of my all time favorite places to eat.  The Glider is such a popular place, that the diner has a much larger addition placed on the side and wrapping around the back of the diner.  The story goes that after WW2, two servicemen purchased a glider.  No, the glider was not used to build the diner, but the wood from the five crates which housed pieces of the glider were used to build the first diner.  This home made diner was replaced by a Mountain View diner that you see today.  Their food is excellent and is just one of many Mountain View diners to call the Lackawanna Valley home.  I could take up two pages extolling this diner, so make Scranton, PA a roadtrip in the near future.  If you like chicken Caesar salad, this is the place to go!

The Cutting Board in Fairfield, NJ is set up on the edge of a plaza shopping area.  Today it acts more like a deli, and has had the interior remodeled.  This was just a photographic stop, as the place was closed for the diner when I went by, on one of my earlier trips in New Jersey.  I am unsure of the make, so I hesitate to make a guess without ever being inside of this diner.  One photo of the diner shows a gutted diner with only the ceiling in original condition on the inside.

From Smyrna, Delaware. This diner was replaced by an onsite diner and was taken by Steve Harwin to Ohio in order to restore and resell this diner.  By the looks of what this diner looked like in this photograph, the diner needed some attention to bring it back to its former glory.  The diner was built by Paramount. I did not get to eat at this diner as I had just eaten at the Hollywood Diner up the road. 

The first Starlite on this list.  Starlite was a later model, lower priced "retro" diner built in Florida.  I have unofficially taken over the reins of documenting Starlites from John Shoaf. Somehow I am missing the story that tells of this diner moving into downtown Sioux City, SD, so even thought I believe this was elsewhere in the city, I can not guarantee it.  The current owners run this place like a sports pub slash restaurant.  In the summer there is ample seating outdoors and with their new entryway, getting a good photo is an impossibility.

Finally for today is a recent entry.  Another trip with Andrea L. to see the AIC YellowJackets play Sacred Heart in Bridgeport. This diner is on the old main road into downtown Bridgeport and is located in what is now a marginal neighborhood.  The diner acts as a place for the community to come together and serves typical diner food for a metropolitan area.   To the left of the door you can see a hint of a foundation on this Environmental styled diner sporting a mansard roof with terra cotta tiles.

Until next time I get a chance to post....