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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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Old diner (Valentine), 615 N. Main Street, Eureka, Kansas
Toppit Diner (Valentine), Route 20, Ashtabula, Ohio
Napanoch Diner, angle 1, Routes 209 & 55, Napanoch, New York
Napanoch Diner, angle 2, Routes 209 & 55, Napanoch, New York
Lighthouse Restaurant, Route 3, Trenton, Maine
Bevo Mill Restaurant, Gravois Avenue & Morgonford Road, Saint Louis, Missouri
The Ship Restaurant, Route 1, Saugus, Massachusetts
Mr. Pancake Restaurant, Route 12, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Red Wagon Restaurant, Route 12, Lake Delton, Wisconsin
The Lighthouse Restaurant, Route 13, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Shrimp Boat Restaurant, detail, Riverside Drive, Macon, Georgia
TeePee Drive-in, Route 17, Georgetown, South Carolina
Seafood Restaurant, Kings Highway, Route 17, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Holland Pancake House, Kings Highway, Route 17, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Red Barn Restaurant, Route 67, Texarkana, Arkansas
Xpresso Drive-Thru Cafe, column detail, Denver, Colorado
Kahiki Restaurant, E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
Kahiki Restaurant, closer view, E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
Peking Restaurant, Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California
Oriental House Restaurant, Route 30, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Eddie's Chinese Restaurant, Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan
China House Carry Out, angle 1, South Broadway, Englewood, Colorado
China House Carry Out, angle 2, South Broadway, Englewood, Colorado
