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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
randomgeek@hackers.town ("Random Geek") wrote:
#TIL that diners were named and modeled after train dining cars, because that's what the first diners were: dining cars just set up somewhere permanent.
And all the motifs – the open kitchen, booth seating, frequent art deco elements, simple menu – have just maintained long past their original context, like the save icon of restaurants or something.