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Restaurants.
Roadside restaurants sell an anticipated experience before they serve a meal. An enormous fish, a familiar domestic shape or a carefully lettered name can give a passerby something to remember. Look for the relationship between the promise outside and the practical entrance below it. These photographs bring together restaurants of many scales, from buildings that become their own advertisements to places whose personality rests in a single sign.
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Moody's Bar-B-Q, Route 17, Woodbine, Georgia

Moody's Bar-B-Q, Route 17, Woodbine, Georgia

Moody's Bar-B-Q, Route 17, Woodbine, Georgia

Ark Fast Food, Jacksonville, North Carolina

Lighthouse Ribs, South Haven, Michigan

Sandy's Bar-B-Q, Crescent Beach, Florida

Sandy's Bar-B-Q, Crescent Beach, Florida

Sea Food Hut, Los Angeles, California

Sea Food Hut, Los Angeles, California

Sea food dinners, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Sea food dinners, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Sea food dinners, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Clam Box, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Clam Box, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Diner, Catskills, New York

Royal Diner north of Kingston, New York

S & C Dining Car, Highland Park, Michigan

S & C Dining Car, Highland Park, Michigan

S & C Dining Car, Highland Park, Michigan

Jewel Diner & Dining Room, Mullen, Nebraska

Jewel Diner & Dining Room, Mullen, Nebraska

Jewel Diner & Dining Room, Mullen, Nebraska

Valentine Diner, Magnolia, Arkansas
