Thursday, February 20, 2014

A vintage railcar diner in Virginia is finally getting some publicity, built in 1954, reopened in the 70's... then in the 90's bought by a waitress who worked there for 7 years, and still owned and ran by her



The Exmore Diner was originally a railcar brought down to Exmore from New Jersey by the Diner's first owner in 1954. The Diner closed in the late 50s, then reopened in the 70s under new management. Evelyn Pruitt, who worked as a waitress here for seven years, bought the Diner in 1989. Today the Diner is a family run operation employing her son Sean and daughter-in-law Crystal.

Info from http://www.exmorediner.com/index.htm photos from http://retroroadmap.com/spot/exmore-diner-vintage-diner-eastern-shore-virginia/  via http://dd20century.tumblr.com/post/72762357797/a-visit-to-the-exmore-diner

5 comments:

  1. And that my friends is the American dream realized and lived. God bless Evelyn and her family. God bless America.

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  2. Only an hour and a half from me.....I'll have to take a ride down there. Thanks!

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    1. I hope you get a photos for me!

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    2. How would you like a pic of Evelyn Pruitt standing next to an odd looking 70's car sitting in the diner parking lot? LOL

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    3. that would be pretty cool! Give her my compliments for rising from waitress to business owner! That's an effing "mountain to climb" as Elvis said

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