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I’ve been exploring my postcard and ephemera collection and picking out favorites to see what I can find out about them. Judging from the geographical identification on this card – indicated by highway numbers and miles from towns...


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A few years back I published a post called “tableside theater” that looked at cooking performances at guests’ tables in restaurants. This sort of dining room drama occurred mainly in restaurants that wanted to give a s...


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There are few Americans who wouldn’t recognize that the insulated carrying case shown here is for pizza delivery.

Of course, pizza is easier to deliver than an entire meal. Yet I just read a story in the New York Tim...


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It’s snowing outside, a perfect day to look through my collection of restaurant images. This is one of my best photos and I’ve always wondered about the place’s history.

The man in the foreground is almost certainly ...


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From time to time I become the lucky recipient of donated restaurant images. The most recent one is shown above, a charming small photo of a drive-in where the sign looks almost as large as the building.

The question was, w...


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