Tag Archives: Diner

The Little Red Diner That Could

The Lunch Box Diner Malden, Massachusetts When asked what fuels my insatiable need to seek out the unknown, to surrender to my wanderlust, setting my sails to the winds on pilgrimages to temples of kitschy Americana and gastronomic oddities, I … Continue reading

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Finer Diner

54 Twenty Hollywood (Los Angeles), California It’s a sweltering mid-morning in Hollywood; a man in a plaid short-sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans with frayed knees walks into a small diner that looks as though it has been pristinely … Continue reading

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The Other Gray Meat

Scrapple Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and surrounding states Philadelphia, you can keep your Cheez Whiz-laden shaved steak sandwiches – but you’ll take my scrapple when you pry it from my cold, dead trotters. Scrapple for me is a nostalgia food – it’s … Continue reading

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