One Diner to Go; Smithsonian Acquires N.J. Eatery For Exhibit on the Mall

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 16, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

The old Melrose Diner sits in weed-infested disarray just outside Trenton, N.J., at the intersection of Route 130 and Meadowbrook. Across Meadowbrook, an asphalt crew is re-covering the National Pools and Spas parking lot. Across 130, the Ideal Auto Sales lot has given up the ghost.

The diner's horizontal bands of orange and cream enamel have faded and lost their youthful enthusiasm. Its doors boarded up to keep local youths out, its external lighting fixtures ripped from the sockets, the diner is swathed in vines that creep through the sidewalk, snake past broken glass. The clock that ...

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