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Food Museum Hosts Pickle Day

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:42:22 GMT

New York, New York -- Co-hosted by the Lower East Side Business Improvement District and the NY Food Museum, The Eighth Annual NYC International Pickle Day is a free, fun street festival held on Orchard Street between Broome and Grand Sts. in the heart of the old Pickle District of the Lower East Side. On Sunday, September 14th, between 11 am and 4:30 pm, Pickle Day will feature music, cooking and home canning demonstrations, children's activities, neighborhood walking tours and of course pickle samples! And for the first year Pickle Day is welcoming a full-length production Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, produced by The Drilling Company. New York's pickle menu includes more than just cucumbers!

Friends of Delaware Canal to Show Films

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:05:56 GMT

NEW HOPE, PENNSYLVANIA. Two vintage 1930s films that were created to promote the preservation of the Delaware & Raritan Canal will be shown on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Feinstone Conference Center of the David Library of the American Revolution, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, Pa. The program is hosted by the Friends of the Delaware Canal.

Save the Forum from Landfill

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:14:50 GMT

This is the last call to preserve the historic Forum Diner (211 E State Route 4) via transport, or it will end up "doomed in a landfill." The Forum Diner is still available for $15,000. Rigging costs will depend upon where the diner is transported to. The diner contains 3 major sections at 18ft 6in each, and the price is a bargain considering its 15,000 square feet (only $1 per square foot!), and a great business opportunity once it reopens.

"The American Diner Museum and I are now enemies"

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:56:15 GMT

I've mentioned before my love (or rather need) for watching travel documentaries. Well, I was perusing the ol' library stacks a while looking for something about India, when I came across a travel documentary about Rhode Island. What better way to get to know your new home, than to watch a low-budget movie about it? I thought. So I got it, and watched it, and that has already come in handy because on Sunday I went and watched the ceremonial burning of the H.M.S. Gaspee (more on that later). The DVD (yes, it was actually a DVD), also included a glimpse of The American Diner Museum in Lincoln, RI. ... Finally, we found the museum, and found it to be closed. There were no posted hours on the building, nor did...

Diner Finder Complete Updated for August

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:50:28 GMT

We have published a new revision of the Diner Finder Complete for August that records numerous revisions to the diner landscape over the past three months. You can review and order your own full-color, lavishly printed copy from Lulu.com for still only $29.95 -- that's still ten dollars less than the hand-made, black and white version we used to assemble here in our office. Order your own copy or review some of the pages by clicking the above icon.

'Rest in grease,' Kent diner

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:31:10 GMT

By Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer Kent city officials are hopeful to use the now vacant and decrepit diner at the corner of Erie and South Water streets for one more purpose before the wrecking ball strikes. Councilwoman Heidi Shaffer, who represents Ward 5 residents and the downtown district, said she views demolition of what is commonly known as Jerry's Diner as a symbol for kicking off a new era of downtown development aside from the ongoing work of the Phoenix Project on East Main Street. "This is one of the No. 1 issues people bring to my attention," Shaffer said. The building's demolition, Shaffer said, would signal additional progress in redeveloping the city's struggling core. The...

Sweeter by the Dozens

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:47:24 GMT

Paula Huber says she's "a dying breed," but don't call the coroner yet. She's much too busy -- teasing her customers, dusting off her daughters and managing a staff of 22 -- to hold still for an examination. That's life in the land of Paula's Donuts, a hole in a mall at the edge of Buffalo, New York, demonstrating one dozen at a time that the independent baker can break free of the chains. Two miles to the north, a Krispy Kreme shuttered in 2006. Read...

A Good Day

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:00:41 GMT

We've all had our share of bad days. And then days that turn into weeks of uneventful routine. Restaurant owners like me certainly have our share, but every once in a while you experience a day that reminds you why you stay in this business. You can't really see them coming, they just sneak up on you from out of the blue. Take last Independence Day, for instance.

First Sip: Joe Comes to Jenkintown

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:00:23 GMT

Our hometown finally has a coffee shop. Jenkintown Java opened up in late June, and judging by the big lunchtime crowds, it seems like it has filled a void in our little community. I've lived here now for almost six years, and I long-hoped that something like this would join the town's retail mix. Verdict? Pretty good, but plenty of room for improvement. The coffee shop/cafe has effectively replaced the local diner as the community hot spot in the past couple of decades.

Jersey Seizes Landmark Olga's Diner

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:51:59 GMT

Olga's Diner, a 48-year fixture on the Route 70-73 intersection in Marlton, New Jersey had to close its doors last week when the state seized it for back taxes. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the owners of the diner owed around $37,000 in sales taxes. Back in 1995, Roadside wrote about this very subject soon after the closure of the Kenwood Diner in Spencer, Massachusetts. In an article about the "Sales Tax Time Bomb," we spoke with...