DinersIncluded here are paintings and descriptions of more than 100 diners from every part of the United States. The artist's own captions introduce each diner - many of which no longer exist - and describe their food specialties, their sometimes quirky histories, and their owners, managers, or patrons. In the first edition 50 paintings were reproduced in color; for this new, revised, and updated edition, there are 69 in color. The artist has selected forty recent paintings to replace earlier works, most of which were shown only in black and white. New reminiscences, new anecdotes, and new facts accompany the paintings. Written by Baeder in his inimitable, conversational style, these brief texts tell the reader much about diner history, fashions in food and popular architecture, and about the amiable, slightly nutty man who pursues diners obsessively, yet views them with a perception that rivals that of a connoisseur of haute cuisine. |
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1977 Collection artist asked Atlanta Auburn Baeder BOOTH SERVICE brain sandwiches brick CAFE cards Casey's Charlie's chef Coca-Cola coffee corner counter Courtesy Morgan Gallery Curley DeSoto Airflow Dick Gutman DINER Oil diner signs DINER Watercolor Dining Car DOGGIE DINER door DUTCH DINER early Essex Fells fantasy feeling gas stations green grisaille Gu-Gu's HAMBURGERS happened images inside interior Jennifer Bartlett Jersey Jimmy's Kansas City knew light located look loved lunch wagons Magic Chef Majestic Mansard Massachusetts menu Missouri never night Oil on canvas old diner OPEN owner PARKING PEPSI photograph plastic plates in full Pullman restaurant roof Route Roy's Royal Diner sandwiches SCHANAKER'S Shawnee Mission South Bend started street style take pictures talk Ted's there's Tick Tock told took town trolley trucks Vincentown visual walked wanted White Castle White Palace WHITE TOWER Worcester diner York