Counter culture. (diners)

From: Entrepreneur | Date: November 1, 1996| Author: Stodder, Gayle Sato | Copyright information

Diners have returned in the 1990s and they appeal most specially to people who want old-fashioned homestyle cooking and hate the greasy cooking of fast foods. Diners, as a type of restaurant, first emerged in the 1870s and this accounts for their nostalgic appeal.

Changes are, there's one in your past. You met your buddies there for Cokes and fries when you were a teenager or spent restless nights there nursing a bottomless cup of coffee. The food was simple, the Formica counter ...

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