The CHC is proud to present a new GIS Story Map created by our own Sarah Burks, Preservation Planner, available here! This fun Story Map focuses on the long-gone lunch carts and dining cars in Cambridge.
“From the earliest horse-drawn lunch carts to the streamlined stainless steel cars, diners were once plentiful in Cambridge. But where did they all go? Some diners moved into brick and mortar locations and others relocated to other towns. The recent Food Truck trend appears to be a revival of the portable dining car, but they don’t offer the seating and table service of yesterday.”
Take a tour of Cambridge diner photos and share your diner memories with us at histcomm@cambridgema.gov. Have you been to any of these diners?
I was certainly at the F&T diner and the restaurant next door. In fact, the picture shown was taken by me in the early 1980s.
Actually, since the picture of the F&T shown is so small, I really can’t say for sure if it’s my photo. Some of my photos of the F&T diner and restaurant are here: http://cambridgecivic.com/?p=2436
Thanks for this link, Robert! We’re going to check the F&T photo and if there isn’t a name on it, we will credit you!