‘Vintage Diners & Restaurants’ Archives
Rhinebeck Diner – New York
Vintage Roadside Diner by YesterdayCafe Other posters from Zazzle The Rhinebeck Diner is another of those old classic mobile restaurant that were built in the same style as a train car. It was apparently first opened in 1938 in Brooklyn, NY, on Coney Island. After not much time, it was moved to Rhinebeck, New York, sometime in the 1940s. [...]
Pelican Diner
Vintage Roadside Diner by YesterdayCafe View more prints & posters at zazzle.com This is a vintage postcard print of a diner that once stood in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Pelican Diner was a aluminum and steel mobile restaurant that sat on Gulf Boulevard for the last half of the 20th century. It opened in 1951 and closed in 2001. [...]
Fleetwood Diner Print
Fleetwood Diner Print by James Howe A really colorful local scene from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The artist used HDR photography and created a work that almost appears illustrated. This is an excellent example of "photo-art"- photography that takes on a quality of a painting or illustration while still be identifiable as a photograph. The [...]
Retro-Modern Diner T-shirt
I Love Diners by MishMoshTees Browse other Retro T-Shirts This wonderful graphic t-shirt captures the feeling of the classic 1950s diner that is in the minds eye of so many Americans and fans of Americana. It's reminiscent of the Sterling Streamliner diners that were prefabricated and shipped around America for a brief period from 1936 to [...]
Bender’s Restaurant – Canton, Ohio
Good Food by image_americana Browse other Neon Posters Bender's Restaurant has been in downtown Canton, Ohio, since 1902. It's obvious that the simple but fun neon sign in this poster is comparably newer but still firmly in the 20th century when neon signs landed on the stage. If a restaurant has stayed in business over 100 years, it seems [...]
Coffee Pot Kenosha
The Coffee Pot poster by JBPEANUT The Coffee Pot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, opened in 1934. The Coffee Pot neon sign in this poster is believed to be original to the business and the style definitely seems to fit the 1930s. The current owners have successfully kept this a neighborhood eatery where locals congregate as well as a tourist landmark [...]
1950s Soda Fountain Poster
1950's - The Soda Fountain by suburbanscenes Straight out of the 1950's this beautiful painting of a 1950's Soda Fountain brings mid-century modern rushing back to us. The decades after WWII were filled with aluminum and sleek surfaces that spoke of the jet age and limitless potential. Although no era is perfect, the rose-colored memories [...]
Marietta Georgia Big Chicken Tshirt
The Big Chicken by marksda1 Create a custom t shirt online at zazzle The Big chicken is a fixture in Marietta, one of Atlanta’s nearer suburbs. The Big Chicken was originally built in 1963 to advertise what was then Johnny Reb’s Chick, Chuck and Shake restaurant. In 1974 it became part of the KFC chain. When there were threats to move the [...]
Crosser Diner – Lisbon, Ohio
Vintage Diner Sign by image_americana A wonderful photo of a vintage diner in Lisbon, Ohio, taken by photographer, Joanne Mariol. The Crosser Diner is a rare example of a Sterling non-streamliner dinette model dinerbuilt in circa 1944. These diners were mass produced and delivered complete to the site. The sign for this diner, which appears [...]
Atlanta’s Varsity
What'll Ya Have? by marksda1 Browse other Atlanta Posters Atlanta's Varsity Restaurant. A familar sight to many coming up I-75/85 connector in downtown Atlanta, this vintage sign will surely stand for a long time to come. The Varsity is one of America's oldest drive-in restaurants and a beacon to visitors and Georgia Tech grads. This photo [...]