At a diner everybody is equal – and equally hungry - for the food Mom used to make: Salisbury steak, French toast, and American chop suey. But today the menu goes way beyond 50's nostalgia: would you believe a gorgonzola omelet with ham and prunes, grits with pesto, veggie lasagna and Thai food? Tonight, Mary Richardson travels from Worcester to Somerville, Pawtucket to Lynn, in search of diners with a difference. She also meets a young entrepreneur who had to prove herself to the regulars when she bought into the business, samples some banana chocolate chip walnut pancakes, and discovers why one talk show host turned short order cook believes diners are the last refuge of true democracy.

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Johnson and Wales Culinary Arts Museum
315 Harborside Boulevard
Providence, RI
401-598-2805
Culinary Arts Museum

Miss Worcester Diner
300 Southbridge Street
Worcester, MA 01609
508-757-7775

Modern Diner
364 East Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02860
401-726-8390

Buddy’s Diner
113 Washington Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-623-9725

Capital Diner
431 Union Street
Lynn, MA 01901
781-595-9314

Shawmut Diner
943 Shawmut Avenue
New Bedford, MA 02746
508-993-3073

Lanna Thai Diner
901 Main Street #C
Woburn, MA 01801
781-932-0394

Tex Barry’s Coney Island
31 County Street
Attleboro, MA 02703
508-222-9787

Liberty Elm Diner
777 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
401-467-0777

Roadside Online
Roadside Online

American Diner Museum
American Diner Museum

American Diner Then and Now
by Richard J. S. Gutman
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