Diners #51-55

Some news: Newark diner is in Cleveland by now, being restored. Will end up in Buffalo.  The Kumm Esse in Myerstown, Pennsylvania is making way for another chain gas station.  Mom's Diner in Avenel, NJ is gone. The mayor of the city/village etc and the owner seem entirely to blame.

On to the five diners.

This 2001 Paramount sits in the secluded village of Pine Bush, close enough to the Catskill Mountains but also close enough to the Hudson Valley.  The name is a play on the UFO sightings in the area.  The diner is a really nice Paramount.  Seeing how the few newer Paramounts that I have seen have come out, it is a true shame there was not a mad rush on more PMC diners.  The Cup & Saucer was highlighted by Mario Monti in our book, Diners of New York, and Mario was even invited to the "christening" of the diner the owner Dino Mavros had done for the diner!

The Athens Diner in Colchester, Vermont was known as Libby's Blueline Diner when I made my visit some years ago.  I can't find any exterior photos, so I included this one.  The diner is a late model Worcester that sits in between two add ons. You can see one at the end of the diner.  You'll also notice a lot more formica than is typical to a Worcester diner.  The diner started out in Turners Falls, Massachusetts before going to Auburn in the same state.  It came to Colchester in 1989 and has been there since.

The Elgin Diner in Camden, NJ is another diner style that I really thought would have been more marketable.  This one was built by Kullman, but still I find it the best of both worlds: generous seating and flashy and attractive!  In this picture you can see just how big this diner is.  I think I have been to this diner twice, once with Glenn Wells and once with the SCA tour.The diner sat empty for a few years but fortunately it is back open and doing strong business.

The Stop 20 Diner in Elmont, Long Island, New York is just another diner on Long Island that has been remodeled.  Someone from elsewhere might say it is over the top, but for anyone from Long Island, it is just typical of the diner from the Island.   I visited the diner on my whirlwind tour for my book, Diners of New York and there were just too many diners to eat at end half of the ones I photographed.  The diner is a mix of shiny stainless steel, a bluish mirror finished material below that, which is moderately popular on metropolitan New York diners and a marbleized stone below that.

 We will finish off with the Double T Diner in Frederick, MD.  The chain of eight diners has exclusively newer retro diners, but not all of the mare factory built diners.  This diner was built by Kullman and follows a style which they built a few of for various people.  Note the double loop on the roof.  Based on other diners, this is flimsy plastic which increases the visual height of the diner and hides various machinery typically placed on the roof of a restaurant.  The inside is a mix of diner and restaurant, which typically fits the ownership well.

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