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DINERS BUILDERS
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DINERS BUILDERS
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Following is a list of diner company abbreviations. I consider true diners to be those built in factories and shipped to their sites. The bulk of these companies flourished from the 30's to the 60's. Old-fashioned "chrome" diners are once again being built by companies trying to cash in on our comfort with nostalgia. Also, a recent trend in restautrant chains such as Denny's, Johnny Rockets, Ruby's, 5&Diner, Mel's Drive-In, and Chubby's is to capture the look of yesteryear.
Listings follow this format:
DINER NAME - street address, city (diner builder - year built) (other info)
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MAJOR DINER BUILDERS
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LOCATION
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| CA | Charles Amend | Los Angeles, CA | 1927-? | |
| BX | Bixler Manufacturing Company | Ohio | 1931-37 | |
| DR | DeRaffele Manufacturing, Inc. | New Rochelle, NY | '33-Now | |
| DG | Diner Group Ltd. | Atlanta, GA | '71-Now | |
| DM | Diner-Mite Diners | Atlanta, GA | '59-Now | |
| ER | Erfed Corporation | Rutherford, NJ | '56-'76 | |
| FO | Fodero Dining Car Company | Bloomfield, NJ | 1933-81 | |
| KU | Kullman Industries, Inc | Lebanon, NJ | '27-Now | |
| MV | Mountain View Diners | Singac, NJ | 1939-57 | |
| Musi | Musi Dining Car Company | Carteret, NJ | 1966-? | |
| OM | Jerry O'Mahoney, Inc. | Elizabeth, NJ | 1913-56 | |
| PM | Paramount Modular Concepts, Inc | Oakland, NJ | '32-Now | |
| Pedco | Pedco | Mesa, AZ | '87-Now | |
| SC | Silk City Diners | Paterson, NJ | 1927-64 | |
| Starlite | Starlite Diners Inc. (Valiant Diners) | Holly Hill, FL | '92-Now | |
| Swingle | Swingle Diners, Inc | Middlesex, NJ | 1957-88 | |
| UNI | Uniwest Construction, Inc. | Arlington, VA | '88-Now | |
| V | Valentine Manufacturing Co. | Wichita, KS | 1938-74 | |
| W | Worcester Lunch Car Company | Worcester, MA | 1906-61 | |
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OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS
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Diner moved or no longer extant
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| H | Home-made diners, built on site | |||
| Trolley | Old trolleys converted to diners | |||
| unconfirmed | Existence not yet verified | |||
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RETRO-RANT CHAINS
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| Chubby's Diner | ||||
| Denny's (presented as Denny's Diner) | ||||
| Ed Debevic's | ||||
| Johnny Rockets | ||||
| Mel's Drive-In | ||||
| Ruby's Diner | ||||
| 5 & Diner | ||||