The American diner is slowly disappearing, there are about half the amount of diners in America today than in the forties. The few that have survived hold the memory of the fifties style diner true, with silver chrome exteriors, Formica ceilings and surly waitresses and are true piece of American retro history.

Essentially a diner is a factory built restaurant transported to it's location either intact or in sections, and it has a counter, but everyone knows a diner is much more than that.

A diner is a practical eating place where plain ample portioned food with friendly prices are served at great speed, the environment is comfortable, unpretentious and tolerant. The owners are mostly always Greek and in the kitchen, the waitress calls you Hon when your good and can be obnoxious just as much as you are.

Diners do not have reservations, wine lists, candles, a maitre d', dress code, plastic flowers or please wait to be seated signs thus adding to it's relaxed atmosphere.

Diners are uniquely American, and unique in design from it's tiling to the design of the bar stools.

Although dating back to 1884 the diner is always assosiated with fifties culture.

       
Just after the second world war new materials like stainless steel and Formica gave the eateries a modern look.

But it was the competition of fast food restaurants in the fifties that led to a downhill slide and even thier best customers would go to McDonalds saying that the diners did'nt keep up with the times.

This led to brick and stone sided "diner restraunts" in the sixties and seventies, but they didn't look like diners anymore and the magic was lost.

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