Diner
A diner is a prefabricated restaurant building characteristic of North America. HistoryDiners developed from mobile catering wagons. Like the catering wagon, a diner allowed one to set up a food service business quickly using preassembled equipment. The first manufactured dining wagons with seating appeared in the late 19th century, serving busy downtown locations without the need to buy expensive real estate. Until the Great Depression, most diner manufacturers and their customers were located in the Northeast. With the rise of the automobile, diner manufacturers produced more fixed-foundation buildings. Diner manufacturing suffered with other industries in the Depression. After World War II, as the economy returned to civilian production and the suburbs boomed, diners were an attractive self-employment opportunity. During this period diners spread beyond their original market to the Midwest. Inside a dinerArchitectureLike a mobile home, a diner is narrow and elongated to allow transportation on a flatbed trailer. A service counter dominates the interior, with a preparation area against the back wall and floor-mounted stools for the customers in front. Larger models may have a row of booths against the front wall and at the ends. The decor varied over time. Diners of the 1920s–1940s feature Art Deco elements or copy the appearance of rail dining cars (Some are, in fact, refurbished rail cars). Those of the 1950s use stainless steel panels and glass block trim. Diners as AmericanaIn movies and television, diners (along with soda fountains) symbolize the period of prosperity and optimism in the United States of the 1950s. They are shown as the place where teenagers meet after school, and an essential part of a date. The diner's cultural influence continues today. Many non-manufactured restaurants (including franchises like Denny's) have copied the look of 1950s diners for nostalgic appeal, while Waffle House uses an interior layout derived from the diner. Manufacturers
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Many non-manufactured restaurants (including franchises like Denny's) have copied the look of 1950s diners for nostalgic appeal, while Waffle House uses an interior layout derived from the diner. Lesser known than some of Fields' later works such as "The Bank Dick", the film is perhaps the best example of the recurring theme of the everyman battling against his domestic entrapment. The diner's cultural influence continues today. Considered by many to be Fields' best and funniest film, it concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocery store owner as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompentent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers, and salesmen. In movies and television, diners (along with soda fountains) symbolize the period of prosperity and optimism in the United States of the 1950s. They are shown as the place where teenagers meet after school, and an essential part of a date. Fields. Those of the 1950s use stainless steel panels and glass block trim. C. Diners of the 1920s–1940s feature Art Deco elements or copy the appearance of rail dining cars (Some are, in fact, refurbished rail cars). It's a Gift is a 1934 comedy film starring W. The decor varied over time. Larger models may have a row of booths against the front wall and at the ends. A service counter dominates the interior, with a preparation area against the back wall and floor-mounted stools for the customers in front. Like a mobile home, a diner is narrow and elongated to allow transportation on a flatbed trailer. During this period diners spread beyond their original market to the Midwest. After World War II, as the economy returned to civilian production and the suburbs boomed, diners were an attractive self-employment opportunity. Diner manufacturing suffered with other industries in the Depression. With the rise of the automobile, diner manufacturers produced more fixed-foundation buildings. Until the Great Depression, most diner manufacturers and their customers were located in the Northeast. The first manufactured dining wagons with seating appeared in the late 19th century, serving busy downtown locations without the need to buy expensive real estate. Like the catering wagon, a diner allowed one to set up a food service business quickly using preassembled equipment. Diners developed from mobile catering wagons. A diner is a prefabricated restaurant building characteristic of North America. ISBN 0760301107. Michael Karl Witzel (1998) The American Diner MBI Publishing Company. Valiant Diners, Ormond Beach, Florida. Valentine Manufacturing, Wichita, Kansas. Worcester Lunch Car Company, Worcester, Massachusetts. Ward & Dickinson, Silver Creek, New York. Buckley Lunch Wagon Manufacturing and Catering, Worcester, Massachusetts. T.H. Swingle Diners, Middlesex, New Jersey. Paterson Vehicle Company (Silk City), Paterson, New Jersey. Paramout Modular Concepts, Oakland, New Jersey. Mountain View Diners, Singac, New Jersey. Master Diners, Pequannock, New Jersey. Kullman Industries, Lebanon, New Jersey. Jerry O'Mahoney, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Judkins (Sterling), Merrimac, Massachusetts. B. J. Fodero Dining Car Company, Newark, New Jersey. Diner-Mite, Atlanta, Georgia. DeRaffele Manufacturing, New Rochelle, New York. Comac, Irvington, New Jersey. Bixler Manufacturing Company, Norwalk, Ohio. |