Diners #66-70

Some historical diner stuff, which I will post about on the blog, but otherwise not a lot of diner news.  Had a nice mother's day dinner at the Country View Diner in Brunswick/Troy, New York.
  In Rhode Island, Poirier's Diner will reopen.  Not sure what the name will be, if they will keep the Poirier's name. Will find out soon.  The diner was moved to a different location in Providence and rehabbed.  If not sooner, I do plan to visit the diner on Saturday October 19.

  In honor of this, I will start with a diner in Rhode Island.  he State Line diner is on US Rt 6 just over the border from Connecticut.  I passed the diner a few times, but have only been inside twice.  The diner is a narrow model Worcester.  There is not a row of booths along the windows like your typical Worcester, but this one only has booths at one end of the diner.   This is the layout that Ward & Dickinson used for their diners.  The counter dominates the interior, and the interior is very original.  The absolute only negative in the entryway, otherwise this is a nice diner to see!

  The East Shore Diner in Harrisburg, a 1953 O'Mahony features a L shaped interior.  From my photo, you can see the two pieces that came together to form the East Shore Diner.   I have only passed this diner twice and have eaten here once.  The interior is nicely kept.  According to Diners of Pennsylvania, the diner is only open until 3 pm as the area's business dies down in the evening.  The diner sits on a former bypass of Harrisburg that has more of an industrial flavor.  It is a shame there are not many more of these double unit O'Mahony diners in such nice shape.

The Silver Spartan Diner sits on the Campus of Case Western University just east of downtown Cleveland in Ohio.  The Diner Mite built diner is open to the public, but seems to cater more to college students than to the outside public.  Urbanspoon dot com reported that Denny's has taken over  the location and google maps can not find the diner, so I do not know if the diner is gone or being used by Denny's.  You can not tell from this photo, but the diner is difficult to photograph due to its location.  Being a Diner Mite, there is not much interesting to the diner, from an architectural standpoint.

 Arthur's Paradise Diner in Lowell, Massachusetts is a Worcester diner.  I have been by this diner two or three times, but have never been inside.  The diner seems like it is only open on the weekdays.  The diner sits in a former mill area, where many of the mills have been re-purposed as either apartments or shops.  hopefully sometime in the near future I can partake in a meal at the Paradise.  although I have photographed all the diners in Lowell, I have only eaten in one of them.  Note the stained glass windows in the top sash, a Worcester tradition for many of their diners.

Unfortunately, by the time I got to this Mountain View in Front Royal, Virginia, it was a car dealership.  They did allow me to go inside and look at the diner. The terrazzo is original, so if someone wanted to, they could bring this diner back to life.  Front Royal is the northern entryway to Skyline Drive, the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  It is a real shame this diner doesn't serve people in town anymore, as this is a neat old time town.  From the placement of the down drain, it looks like this was a two piece diner, which made it easier to be brought down to the factory in New Jersey.

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