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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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Sission's Diner, South Middleboro, Massachusetts

Diner, Ellenville, New York

Shindig, Bossier City, Louisiana

Shindig, Bossier City, Louisiana

Elm Diner, Kingston, New York

Elm Diner, Kingston, New York

Peter Pan Diner, Danbury, Connecticut

Peter Pan Diner, Danbury, Connecticut

Peter Pan Diner, Danbury, Connecticut

Peter Pan Diner, Danbury, Connecticut

Peterboro Diner, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterboro Diner, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterboro Diner, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Collin's Diner, Route 7, Canaan, Connecticut

Collin's Diner, Route 7, Canaan, Connecticut

Collin's Diner, Route 7, Canaan, Connecticut

Modern Diner, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Modern Diner, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Modern Diner, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Embassy Diner, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Embassy Diner, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Ross Diner, Quechee, Vermont

Ross Diner, Quechee, Vermont
