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DOWNTOWN SEALED LIGHT # 17 – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on January 18, 2020 • ( 12 )

Downtown Sealed Light

Neon at the Miss Mendon Diner

Showtime in the theater district

Lights in the diner

Stop lights in heavy traffic

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DailyMusings
January 19, 2020 • 5:44 am

What a great diner. I just put lights in my kitchen similar to those- didn’t think to post them.. now I will!

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  January 19, 2020 • 1:37 pm
  
  I always wanted a kitchen that looked like an old-fashioned diner, right down to and including the counter 😀
  
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Melanie B Cee
January 18, 2020 • 12:49 pm

Salt Lake City boasted a real diner (of the type you’ve shared here) at one time. “Ruth’s” was known far and wide and was wildly popular especially with frat boys from the University of Utah. As the actual Ruth aged and eventually died, one frat boy bought “Ruth’s”. I ventured there a few years ago and was dismayed to find it physically changed into a square concrete box restaurant, with the original diner car still in front, but the ambiance? Gone. I’ve never been back and I doubt I’ll ever go back. Sometimes it’s impossible to go home again, even if one is prepared. Thanks for the beautiful photography though! Your diner looks AMAZING! 🙂

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  January 18, 2020 • 1:39 pm
  
  The man who bought “Miss Mendon” did a major rehab on her. She needed a new kitchen and more spaces. The original only sat about a dozen people. But he did a very careful job and managed to not only keep the ambiance, but also make really GOOD food. A little pricey, but it’s one of our best restaurants in the area … county, really. A good rehab can make an old diner viable, but it’s expensive. We got lucky. Mostly, they just close them and build a new place which probably cost less than the rehab.
  
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swo8
January 18, 2020 • 10:39 am

Lights – action…well done Marilyn.
Leslie

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  January 18, 2020 • 1:44 pm
  
  I love Miss Mendon. The food is good and it feels like a REAL diner. From days of yore, as it were.
  
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  - swo8
    January 18, 2020 • 3:38 pm
    
    Love those diners too…
    
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BeckyB
January 18, 2020 • 9:15 am

Great interpretations Marilyn, and seeing your fabulous diner makes me miss our American trips!

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  January 18, 2020 • 1:43 pm
  
  New York has lots of diners, but Massachusetts doesn’t have many. During the past 20 years, there have been some importing of old diners with major rehabs and most of them are doing well — if the food is as good as the ambiance. Miss Mendon is one of two old diners nearby. There’s one in Uxbridge, Mom’s Diner where they only serve breakfast and lunch. It’s an original. They haven’t rehabbed it and there’s always a waiting line to get in. It’s TINY.
  
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  - BeckyB
    January 19, 2020 • 3:44 am
    
    They are such fun, but you are right important the food is as good as the ambience!
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      January 19, 2020 • 1:39 pm
      
      We have a lot of “pretty” restaurants, but this one is very 1950s AND the food is good. In this area, not known for great cuisine, that’s special.
      
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      - BeckyB
        January 20, 2020 • 3:27 am
        
        very special!
        
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