The bad economy and some poor accounting claim a once-great Rhode Island institution.
State shuts down Jigger's Diner for back taxes
By Barbara Polichetti, Journal Staff Writer
EAST GREENWICH –– Jigger's Diner, the popular local eatery where jonnycakes and homemade pies were dished up daily, was closed last week by the state Division of Taxation for being delinquent in remitting state taxes, according to local officials.
Town Manager William Sequino Jr. and Police Chief Tomas E. Coyle said that a tax official went to Jigger's last Tuesday and advised employees and customers that the restaurant needed to close its doors because it was in arrears on its state taxes. Coyle said that people were allowed to finish their meals and that the situation was handled courteously with no disturbances.
These students were barely out of diapers when Roadside Magazine first featured Syracuse's great food and other attractions. Nice to see the better aspects of our culture appreciated by younger generations.
Syracuse diners inspire a multi-media project
Don Cazentre / The Post-Standard
Seth Gitner, left, assistant professor at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Newhouse student Nathan Mattise, of Scranton, Pa., worked on an online multi-media project to tell the story of Syracuse-area diners. They are shown at JJ's Miss Syracuse Diner in downtown Syracuse.
Everyone seems to have a favorite diner, where they feel at home. But try to explain that love, and you might end up saying something like: "Words can't do it justice."
It's a multimedia guide to Syracuse-area diners, and diner culture in general. It tells the story in more than words: It uses pictures, computer graphics, videos, a searchable database and more.
Red Arrow owner Carol Sheehan tells her story to the New Hampshire Business Journal (and tosses some props our way).
Q&A with: Red Arrow Diner owner Carol Sheehan
If you said Carol Sheehan, owner of Manchester's Red Arrow Diner, was a "daddy's girl," you'd be right -- and also very wrong.
In 1987, when she was in her early 20s, Sheehan embarked on a journey with her father George Lawrence and another business partner to buy the Red Arrow Diner, which had sat vacant for two years.
Running a restaurant, after all, was in her blood. Her family runs the Belmont Hall & Restaurant on Grove Street.
But it was her very own common sense, energetic spirit and careful attention that brought the Queen City landmark back to life.
Fast-forward to 2010, and you are just as likely to hear the Bedford resident on the radio with her talk show, "Food for Thought with the Taste Buds," with co-host Michelle Trumble, as you will see her in the Red Arrow corporate offices planning the business's expansion -- or slinging hash while meeting presidential candidates at the diner.
Yes, Sheehan still serves blue-plate specials (on blue plates) at the Red Arrow on occasion, calling it "a great way to get customer feedback."
And while Sheehan, 46, still asks her dad for his advice, she is definitely not afraid to blaze her own trail.
Q. You bought the diner in 1987. What prompted you to take on that project?
After more than five years of fits and starts, Matt King finally reopens the former Bound Brook Diner, arguably the most beautifully built diner in the world. Congratulations to all involved.
Night owls and early birds get their grub
Two new classic diners hit Charlotte this month, open nearly round-the-clock
Got a craving for an early-morning Hunka Hunka Burnin' Toast or a late-night hankering for a Texas Tommy? Two new diners are opening this month and bringing the classic diner atmosphere and grub to uptown.
The Midnight Diner will open on the corner of South Tryon Street and Carson Boulevard at a yet-to-be-determined date in August. Mattie's Diner, part of the N.C. Music Factory, opened Friday and packed the booths with customers eager for some food and a little dose of nostalgia.
"I have fond memories of diners from when I lived up north," said Jerry Thornton, 67, who was eating an omelette at Mattie's on Friday afternoon. "Just the concept of a diner, being able to sit down next to a banker on one side and a janitor on the other."
Read the full article and seem more photos -- click here.
Roadside thanks Timothy wood for the news tip. We also thank Al Mac's for the preservation of their beautiful sign and diner. Here's looking at another hundred.
FINE DINING: Al Mac's Diner celebrates 100 tasty years
By PHIL DEVITT, Fall River Spirit Editor
When Al McDermott started peddling food in Fall River on a horse-drawn wagon in 1910, he likely had no idea that people in the city and farther afield would know his name a century later.
To be fair, it's McDermott's nickname that makes most mouths water. When it came to good food, served fast and cheap, no one had a better reputation than Al Mac.
The business has changed hands several times and the wagon was chucked long ago for a stationary Art Deco shell, but Al Mac's Diner still holds true to its founding principles, serving fresh, home-style meals at reasonable prices, seven days a week.
This year, the President Avenue landmark celebrates 100 years in business, a milestone encapsulated in red letters above the entrance: "Justly Famous Since 1910." The staff celebrated earlier this year by coming to work one day dressed in vintage clothing from their favorite decades — and that was all.
Running a diner, open 24 hours on the weekend, keeps the staff too busy for much of anything else. And in a world where powerful fast food chains pop up around every corner seemingly overnight, every day is a fight to survive.
AUBURN, INDIANA — A historic Angola-area diner lay as a rusted scrap heap in the National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United State's basement three months ago.
Now, almost fully restored, it's the museum's newest attraction.
Its original four walls, stools, bar and other scattered pieces were remnants of the post-war era — and Don Siegla's memories.
Simply called 'Diner' on its facade, it sat at 405 W. Maumee St. in Angola from 1947 to 1984. Siegla and his friends at what then was known as Tri-State University ate at the diner most Sundays between 1955 and 1959, since the campus cafeteria wasn't open.
Siegla recognized the pieces of the diner on a visit to the museum more than 50 years later, which prompted a donation to restore the piece of local history.
"It looks better than I remember it," Siegla said Tuesday.
With any luck, this one will stick. At least Jae Chung is no longer part of this.
Miss Adams Diner reopens
By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript
ADAMS -- Four months after Park Street's Miss Adams Diner was sold at auction to Steepleview Realty, the doors are open again and the kitchen is busy at the iconic eatery.
Business partners Ric Belair and Philomene Rivard have rented the space from Steepleview and opened for business on Monday. While there was little fanfare for the re-opening of the eatery, Belair said they were busy with customers almost all day.
"It started out slow, but as soon as people got out of bed -- it being a holiday -- and realized we were open, it started to pick up, and it was busy from then to closing." he said.
The pair originally tried to rent space for a restaurant on Ashland Street in North Adams, but the deal fell through not long before they were set to start operation. They found out the Miss Adams Diner was available the same day their original deal fell through.
EAST GREENWICH –– Jigger's Diner, the popular local eatery where jonnycakes and homemade pies were dished up daily, was closed last week by the state Division of Taxation for being delinquent in remitting state taxes, according to local officials.
Seth Gitner, left, assistant professor at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Newhouse student Nathan Mattise, of Scranton, Pa., worked on an online multi-media project to tell the story of Syracuse-area diners. They are shown at JJ's Miss Syracuse Diner in downtown Syracuse.
Got a craving for an early-morning Hunka Hunka Burnin' Toast or a late-night hankering for a Texas Tommy? Two new diners are opening this month and bringing the classic diner atmosphere and grub to uptown.
When Al McDermott started peddling food in Fall River on a horse-drawn wagon in 1910, he likely had no idea that people in the city and farther afield would know his name a century later.
AUBURN, INDIANA — A historic Angola-area diner lay as a rusted scrap heap in the National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United State's basement three months ago.
