Feb 15-22nd

A good week at RoadsideFans. Something that went under the radar was the opening of the Elizaville Diner, the day before the big snowstorm on the East Coast. Elizaville is located off of US Rt 9, between Red Hook and Hudson, NY. The diner is the former Eat Well Diner of Lebanon, PA. Go to www.elizavillediner.com for more info.
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Moondance Diner to leave us. I never posted the link last time around.

http://www.nysun.com/article/48536
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I'm quite late in answering your query - but we drove US 1 between
Miami & Key West twice (in late 1993 & early 1995) and it was most
definitely worth doing (in fact, we look forward to doing it again
someday). There are good places to stop and eat the famous conch
("konk") chowder & key lime pie (we tried our luck each time & in
each direction and we were never disappointed). The scenery was very
pretty and relaxing all along the route.

(thanks to) Susan Levinson
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A book was recommended on US 1. "It's called The Great American
Road Trip by Peter Genovese."
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"Shirley D's diner in Manchester, NH is up for sale. I believe this is a Worcester diner, but it has been renovated so much over the years that I am not sure how much of the original diner is left."
Asking price is $330,000,
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This weeks question of the week:
I'm taking a trip to the Poconos this October. I haven't been there for over 15 years and my husband has never been. I used to go every summer with my family back in the 1970's. I used to love going to the Pioneer diner and on the Alpine Slide and Kallie's Candy Kitchen. But, I'm sure its changed a lot. Does anyone have any recommendations of what is worth seeing there now that isn't too over commercialized? We'll be staying in the Camelback/ Mount Pocono area.
(reply on the list for all of us to enjoy!)
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Links this week.

A story about pie in Arizona
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/84219
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"A road trip documentary focusing on the two largest balls of twine in the world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtZZ_R0clUE
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Weeki Wachee Springs
http://mermaid.weekiwachee.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5OdMNFgKFg&mode=related&search=
http://americanroadmagazine.com/programming/programming.html
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February 8-14th

Someone recommended the travel book series put out by Moon Books http://www.moon.com

The Bluebird II Diner north of Scranton, on US 6 and 11 sports a new roof. Bluebird II a couple of years ago, had a rather uninspiring parapet wall shielding the roof from view, now it has a "spiffy new blue metal roof"

Manhattan is to lose to Moondance Diner. So get there before it closes and gets demolished.

Travel Channel has these shows upcoming

FEB 17 2007 @ 05:00 PM Hot Dog Heavens
FEB 17 2007 @ 07:00 PM World's Best Places to Pig Out

"On-Site Diner" to reopen.

The former Green Mountain Diner and lastly known as the Farmer's Diner. This on-site diner is reopening as "The Pit Stop", owned by Cheyenne Roberts

One of the major "fake diner" chains, Johnny Rockets, will get a major expansion push if the owner of the Washington Redskins has his way. Growing the chain to 1000 units is envisioned, but keep in mind all the chains that expanded rapidly, and crashed and burned even more rapidly.

People commented about Sweet Potato french fries. Some people like them, some don't.

A question was asked.

Q: Any suggestions on sights to see along the Lincoln Highway across Nebraska?

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Random Diner links

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jonathanlopes/diners/Almacs-Diner/diner.jpg
A Lego diner. modeled after Al Mac's inFall River, MA

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http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib016/DINER.JPG

Old train diner in Sandwich, Ill now known as http://www.kellyspubonline.com
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http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/07/diners/source/3.htm

Elizaville Diner in Elizaville, NY
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http://michelesworld.net/dmm2/lulu/diner/diner.jpg

Center Diner in Peekskill

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February 1-7 RoadsideFans in Review

Deli Talk:

Katz's and Yonah Schimmel's are on Houston St., about 42 blocks
south of 42nd St. and a few
blocks east. The Carnegie Deli and the Stage are much closer.
I had good luck, as there is *one* Jewish deli-restaurant left in
Newark. It's called Hobby's

This was all based on the talk of the Lincoln Highway in New Jersey.
The Route of which was given in post #5140

Soft Drinks:

There was much talk about Soda, Pop, Soda Pop, Coke, Tonic etc...
And what it is called in different parts of the country. This moved
to Regional Brands of Soda.

Jimmies versus Sprinkles - People in the east seem to say Jimmies go
on ice cream and Sprinkles on cookies.

Brian Butko talked about a Lincoln Highway Companion #5173

The venerable Texas Hots in Wellsville, NY was closing! But just for
a few weeks.

Road Trip Books: Message #5183 talked about Texas trips. A link is
in the link section for the Newspaper Articles, Archived.

Links Mentioned this Week

http://www.benschilibowl.com - From the "Hungry Detective" on the Food
Network, Washington DC
http://popvssoda.com:2998/ - Pop vs Soda debate
http://portland.citysearch.com/review/8470184 - Dog House in Portland,
Oregon
http://www.lovelesscafe.com Loveless Cafe in Nashville #5147
http://www.familywash.com - Former laundromat now eatery in Nashville
#5147
http://www.hollandfarms.com/ Holland Farms in Utica, NY and their
jelly buns
http://www.realsoda.com/ California based distributor of Vintage Sodas
http://www.boylanbottling.com/ - Boylans Bottling Co out of Northern
New Jersey
http://www.hanks-rootbeer.com/ Hank's Soda, out of the Philly area
http://www.catawissabottlingco.com Makers of Bin Ben soda and they
bottle Moxie. In PA
ttp://www.shiawasseehistory.com/soda.html - Soda Pop Shoppe in
Owosso, MI (historical)
http://www.drainspotting.com The world of man hole covers.
http://www.goldbergsdeli.com/ourStory.html - Deli in Seattle and
suburban Detroit.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWlbPkoWfgM Martin Sexton's "Diner Song" as
a video!
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Archives/columns?ColumnName=Day+Trips