| Fifties-style diners remain popular today as a nostalgic | | | | Unfortunately, this classic dining establishment is |
| style, but just after the end of World War II, they | | | | slowly disappearing, being replaced by fast food |
| were actually considered the latest new thing. If you | | | | joints and brick-sided restaurants as the "space age" |
| remember eating in a diner in the fifties, you probably | | | | design style used for fifties diners has been |
| remember sodas served in a classic Coke glass, | | | | overtaken by more current styles. According to one |
| home-cooked style meals, and warm apple pie for | | | | study, today there are only half as many diners in |
| dessert. Outside the diner would sit the cars driven | | | | the United States as there were in the 1950s. Those |
| there by teenage boys on dates and fathers bringing | | | | that still exist may not have their original shiny |
| the family for a meal, classic 1950s hot rods in | | | | chrome exteriors, vinyl bench seats, and Formica |
| turquoise and chrome. These cars would become so | | | | countertops that you remember from diners half a |
| well-loved that they would even inspire pedal-car | | | | century ago. Unfortunately, like so many classic |
| versions for their owners' children. Fifties diners | | | | touches of the 1950s, the diner is no longer as |
| incorporated chrome and steel in a "space age" | | | | prevalent as it once was, although it is still popular |
| design, and vinyl seats in turquoise, mint green, and | | | | with fans that remember the diner at the height of |
| cherry red. Over the jukebox played the hottest | | | | its popularity or enjoy its now-retro ambience. |
| new rock n' roll hits as teenagers sipped on | | | | The atmosphere in a fifties-style diner today is a |
| milkshakes and families ate hamburgers. | | | | throwback to a simpler time; diners from the fifties |
| The classic diner in the 1950s was actually built in a | | | | still operating today are known for their pie and |
| factory, and then transported to its location in | | | | coffee; many still have an old-fashioned jukebox |
| sections. These midcentury diners were characterized | | | | where you can find rock and roll songs from decades |
| by their counters with tall stools and the booths | | | | past. Today, fifties diners can still be spotted with |
| where countless teenagers visited on date night. | | | | their original styling both inside and out. Come on in |
| Diners were known for large portions, friendly | | | | for a traditional meal of coffee, milk shakes, hot food |
| service, and a comfortable and relaxed environment. | | | | and pie. It sure is a treat, whether you're old enough |
| Fifties-style diners are a uniquely American idea, | | | | to remember diners back in the 1950's or just love |
| although the idea of a diner restaurant actually goes | | | | the retro styling. The diner was a popular hangout |
| back to the nineteenth century, when they were | | | | during the 1950s, and today it still holds a nostalgic |
| designed after railroad cars, albeit without the | | | | place in the hearts of many, just like pedal cars and |
| chrome and Formica styling of the classic 1950s diner. | | | | rock and roll. If you like the retro look, you can even |
| New materials developed during the World War II | | | | decorate your home with diner-style booths and |
| timeframe, like stainless steel, gave the fifties diner | | | | Formica tables with chrome legs. |
| its unique "modern" appearance. | | | | |