Snow White Grill Winchester VA – Historic Burger Shop For Sale

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Retro Roadhusband is always more interested in the food than the photos, so that’s why he’s so impatient with me as I try to capture the vintage porcelain steel exterior of the Snow White Grill in Winchester, VA. (C’mon! I want one a buncha them mini-burgers!)  A tip of the hat to fellow road wanderer [...]

Chick & Ruth’s Delly Annapolis MD – Retro Roadhusband Reporting for Duty!

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It isn’t really “outsourcing” is it, if you ask your husband to stop for a bite to eat on his way to a gig  because you know that Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, MD is totally RetroRoadmap -worthy? Since he got himself “one of the most amazing crabcakes of his life” I think he [...]

Old Fashioned Pharmacy Lunch Counter & Soda Fountain Bar Harbor ME – A Retro Roadmap Reader Find!

West End Drug Co Bar Harbor Maine ME Lunch Counter Soda Fountain

I’ve always got my eyes peeled for Retro Roadmap worthy places to add to the map, so when I spied what looked to be an authentic pharmacy lunch counter in the photos of the National Serro Scotty Society Camp Out in Maine, I went directly to the source, NSSO founder and all ’round swell gal, [...]

Inlet Lodge Ocean City MD – A Vintage Beach Boardwalk Lunch Counter

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While there are plenty of  ”fun food” options on the Ocean City MD boardwalk, instead of fighting the crowds and long lines I like being able to duck into the unassuming Inlet Lodge coffee shop and order a sandwich at the counter, just like folks have done since 1940. As you can see, once you [...]

Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop – a Vintage New York City Lunch Counter Since 1929

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In a city so big and so changing as New York City it can be hard to find places that have managed to survive and retain their original charm. Lucky for us Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop has escaped the “bigger! better! newer! NOW!” syndrome, and has remained a vintage gem in the Flatiron district, just near [...]

Elliston Place Soda Shop Nashville TN To Close – UPDATE

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UPDATE! 7/22/11 The Elliston Place Soda Shop will remain open! Thanks to reader Jason for sending this article about the Elliston Place Soda Shop NOT closing. Here’s our original piece on the soda shop – and please go visit! They say don’t shoot the messenger, so don’t be mad at me or Retro Roadmap Reader [...]

Arcade Restaurant Memphis TN – The Oldest Cafe in Town!

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As I mentioned during our visit to the Silver Skillet in Atlanta GA, the presence of authentic “boomerang” formica usually means a good meal awaits – as was the case with our breakfast at the Arcade Restaurant in Memphis, TN. (a silly smiling girl in the background doesn’t hurt either!)

Greenport NY- Long Island’s Vintage / Retro Goldmine Part 1

Greenport NY is so chock-a-block full of cool vintage and retro finds that I’ve been wrestling for over 2 months now with how to tell you all about it. You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words? Well here are my photos that will illustrate what an absolute FIND Greenport [...]

Long Island NY Retro Road Photos – Diners, Neon, Luncheonettes and More

I packed so much fun into my short weekend on Long Island that I’m a bit overwhelmed with how to present it all, but here goes! While I did as much eating and reviewing as I could, a gal has her limits -of both stomach space and travel time, so here are a few places [...]

Peter’s Diner Glens Falls NY – A Storefront Restaurant With a Diner Heart

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We were bummed to see  the Prospect Mountain Diner in Lake George was shiny and new*, but that gave us a perfect excuse to go to Peter’s Diner in Glens Falls NY (around the corner from ABC Restaurant Equipment) before heading home from our fun Vintage Vacation. Though not a diner by architectural definition, it [...]

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