Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
Pennsylvania Diners & Other Roadside Restaurants is a 1993 documentary created by Rick Sebak.[1] The program originated in a 1992 item in The Pennsylvania Road Show about Lee's Diner. It was to be called "Pennsylvania Diners" but added "Other Roadside Restaurants" to cover other establishments than diners. When it was released on DVD in 2006, additional stories not seen nationally were included.
Diners and restaurants on the DVD
- Wellsboro Diner in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
- The Sunrise in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
- The History of Diners
- Bowmanstown Diner in Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania
- Country Squire Diner in Broomall, Pennsylvania
- East Shore Diner in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- West Shore Diner in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
- Peg and Bill's in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Venus Diner in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
- Milford Diner in Milford, Pennsylvania
- Garfield Diner in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- Norwin Diner in Irwin, Pennsylvania
- Morgan's Eastland Diner in Butler, Pennsylvania
- Relocated Diners in Pennsylvania
- The Diner Name
- Smethport Diner in Smethport, Pennsylvania
- Potato City Motor Inn near Coudersport, Pennsylvania
- The Cup in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- Penn Cup in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
- Mayfair Diner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Bobs Diner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Located in a Cemetery)
- Diners Along Route 30
- Zinns Diner in Denver, Pennsylvania
- Melrose Diner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- South Midway in Bedford, Pennsylvania
- Summit Diner in Somerset, Pennsylvania
- Ritter's Diner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Cycle Diner in Tarentum, Pennsylvania
- Reds in Mifflin, Pennsylvania
- Ye Olde College Diner in State College, Pennsylvania (Home of the Grilled Sticky)
- Vale-Rio Diner in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- The Downingtown Diner in Downingtown, Pennsylvania (Where The Blob Movie Was Filmed)
- Pip's Diner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reception
In 1994 the show was nominated to the Mid Alantic Emmy Award Competition, for "Outstanding Cultural Programming". [2] David Dillon, the architecture critic from The Dallas Morning News reviewed the show describing it as "amiable, if somewhat plodding". [3]
See also
References
- ^ Scott Moore (October 2, 1994), Pennsylvania Diners; A Tasty Documentary, The Washington Post
- ^ Ron Weiskind (1994-08-24). "Local TV scores with 31 nominations in Mid-Alantic Emmys". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ David Dillon (1994-10-05). "'Diners' has homey touch, but the appeal grows stale". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
External links
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