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SUNNY SIDE UP DINERS SERVING UP A HEARTY SLICE OF HISTORY AND FRIENDLINESS ALONGSIDE THE PANCAKES, EGGS, AND COFFEE EVEN THOSE GOLDEN ARCHES COULDN'T LURE AWAY THE DINER FAITHFUL
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Late Saturday afternoon is slow at the Boulevard Diner on
Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. The neon sign blinks on over the
shiny, stainless steel-sided dining car. Some college students fill
one of the six booths, an older couple sit at another. An old man in
a felt hat and sagging corduroy slacks sits on a stool and sips
coffee. Waitress Ronnie Bello swabs the counter near an old sign that
proclaims "Chocolate Pudding 20 cents."
A woman comes in, a stranger in town. She's looking to b...
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SECOND CITY IS FIRST IN CLASSIC EATERIES
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First With Fast Lunch
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Resurrecting Louis' Diner ; Onetime local hangout could live again - to the south
Concord Monitor
; Remember the sounds and smells of Louis' Diner? Breakfast with the family on Sunday morning, forks scraping up scrambled eggs. Maybe breakfast or a burger after midnight, your table a bit loud after, uh, a drink or two. Or maybe a simple cup of coffee, a sandwich and the newspaper, about noon.
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It thrives on counter clockwork
The Boston Globe
; SPACES / DELUXE TOWN DINER The Deluxe Town Diner (627 Mount Auburn St., Watertown, 617-926- 8400), a 1930s Worcester Lunch Car, is not a typical diner. There's plenty of chrome and worn-out vinyl, the waitresses call you "hon," the neon buzzes, and the old guys slump over the counter getting
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; AREA CODE APPETITE With home computers, cell phones, and fax machines gobbling up new telephone numbers by the thousands, Massachusetts is in line to have as many as 10 different area codes within three years, more than twice as many as any other New England state. 9 Number of area codes currently
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; 1. HISTORY OF A BUN Loyal customers line up for the $1.90 steamed hot dogs at Casey's Diner, a tiny 10-stool affair in Natick. The yellow and black lunch car, circa 1922, is open for lunch and dinner Monday to Friday and for lunch on Saturday. (36 South Avenue, 508- 655-3761) 2. HEALING BREWS Two
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OLD DINER CAR GETS A NEW LEASE ON LUNCH
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