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Lost Diners and Roadside Restaurants of By Will Anderson, 184 pages, softcover, 2001. Price: $24.95. Published by Anderson & Sons' Publishing Co., Bath, ME. Available from Anderson & Sons' Publishing Co. at (207) 442-7459
In the days when taking your automobile for a run was nouveau, motorists were hard pressed to find establishments that would serve them nourishment. Railroad travel was the common mode of transportation and restaurants were more apt to serve their elegantly dressed customers rather than the dusty and mud-encrusted motorist. Yet as the popularity of the automobile took hold of our nation, so too did businesses begin to accept "auto parties." Small roadside refreshment stands began to dot the landscape paving the way for the diners many of us remember and cherish. By the author of "Where Have You Gone, Starlight Cafe ?" , "Lost Diners and Roadside Restaurants of New England and New York: A Tribute to Over 100 of the Northeast's Old-Time Best" is a detailed "biography" of over 100 past and present diners and roadside eateries through New England and New York. In addition to an overview of roadside from the early 20th century to the present, the book is handsomely illustrated with period photographs and postcard views, many never published before. Chock full of what the National Geographic Traveler calls "witty histories", this book is a fun nostalgic look at not only lost eatries, but a lost way of life. Will Anderson is delighted to sign/inscribe your copy and guarantees complete satisfaction (or a full refund.) |
