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Well, it's an hour away, but Worcester has quite a few diners.  I can think of
3 off the top of my head, The Miss Worcester, the one near Kelly Square, and
the one on Shrewsbury St. (help with names, anyone?)  The Miss Worcester has
great breakfasts, but is closed after lunch I believe.  The one near Kelly
Square used to be open quite late.

In article <1992Nov16.211617.1@hamp.hampshire.edu> jyaruss@hamp.hampshire.edu  
writes:
> Help!!!
> I've lived in NY state for the past 18 years of my life and I am now at 
> Hampshire college in Amherst. I haven't been to a real diner since I've been
> here and I'm going into cheese fries withdrawal.
> If anyone knows of a *real* diner - you know - eight page menus, open 24  
hours,
> booths with crummy juke boxes at each table, cheese fries, etc. - that is
> is the area - please, please, please, please tell me about it.
> Thank you greatly.
> -Jordan

I cannot recommend any specific diners in your area but I can suggest a
GOOD source of information.  Coffee Cup Publications in Watertown publishes
a quarterly newsletter called "Roadside" that is all about diners, with a
focus on those in New England.  They also publish "Diner Finder" maps with
all the known diner locations in a given New England state and notes about
each diner.  They haven't finished the maps for all six states but they do
have a Massachusetts one; we've got a copy and we take it along whenever we
go on a day trip somewhere in Mass.  It has been very useful.  I think they
have also done New Hampshire and Connecticut Diner Finders so far.

If you are interested, send me email and I will dig up the address for
Coffee Cup Publications.  (It's at home and I am at work...)

Cheers,
Karen (kaz@vineland.pubs.stratus.com)

In article <1992Nov16.211617.1@hamp.hampshire.edu> jyaruss@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:
>Help!!!
>I've lived in NY state for the past 18 years of my life and I am now at 
>Hampshire college in Amherst. I haven't been to a real diner since I've been
>here and I'm going into cheese fries withdrawal.
>If anyone knows of a *real* diner - you know - eight page menus, open 24 hours,
>booths with crummy juke boxes at each table, cheese fries, etc. - that is
>is the area - please, please, please, please tell me about it.
>Thank you greatly.
>-Jordan

I haven't been there in ages, but Miss Flo's in Florence (section of 
Northampton) has the classic diner atmosphere.  Don't know if they
have cheese fries though -- what are they? I have had good swordfish
steak dinners there.  Doubt if it is open 24 hrs.

There's also the BP diner at the junctions of 116 and 91 (South
Deerfield? Sunderland?  I never know)  Another classic diner, but
more of the truck stop variety.  Miss Flo's is more small-town.
I've actually never eaten at the BP, but it really is a truck stop,
so it might have the level of grease you desire.  Don't know about
hours there either, but aren't truck stops all 24 hours?

In article <1ebagnINNgo4@transfer.stratus.com> kaz@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Karen Fegley) writes:
>I cannot recommend any specific diners in your area but I can suggest a
>GOOD source of information.  Coffee Cup Publications in Watertown publishes
>a quarterly newsletter called "Roadside" that is all about diners...

Here's their address, courtesy of the on-line Factsheet Five:

	%Title:  Roadside  Volume 2 Number 1
	%Descr:  For those who appreciate the diners of the Northeast.  Not so
	much for the food, but the architecture, the neon, the ambiance of
	eating in a converted tram.  They're enthusiastic about that neon!
	%Info:   $12.00 a year (free in selected diners) to Coffee Cup
	Publications  29 Hunt Street  Watertown  MA  02172  10 pages, tabloid.
	email ROADSIDER@aol.com

And while we're on the subject, Gotham City Graphics sells a line of cool
diner/coffee/Spam t-shirts.  You can request their catalog from

	Gotham City Graphics
	104 Church St. #15
	Burlington, VT  05401

AWR
old fart at play

In article <1992Nov16.211617.1@hamp.hampshire.edu> jyaruss@hamp.hampshire.edu  
writes:
> Help!!!
> I've lived in NY state for the past 18 years of my life and I am now at 
> Hampshire college in Amherst. I haven't been to a real diner since I've been
> here and I'm going into cheese fries withdrawal.
> If anyone knows of a *real* diner - you know - eight page menus, open 24  
hours,
> booths with crummy juke boxes at each table, cheese fries, etc. - that is
> is the area - please, please, please, please tell me about it.
> Thank you greatly.
> -Jordan

I got more email requests for the information on Coffee Cup Publi-
cations than I anticipated, so I've decided to post it for anyone
else who might be interested.  It's nice to hear that so many
people like diners!
 
     Coffee Cup Publications
     29 Hunt Street
     Watertown, MA 02172

     Phone: (617) 926-5936

The newsletter is called Roadside; it is a quarterly.  The maps
are called Diner Finders.  The publisher is Randolph J. Garbin.

Happy dining,
Karen

Oh yes, Miss Flo's.  And the diner in downtown Northampton which is 
officially the Red (something) Diner but which everyone knows as Kathy's
Diner even though Kathy hasn't owned it for years.  There's also a 
tremendously good one called the Bluebell Diner, also in Noho, a few blocks
past the Stop & Shop.