Sylwia Kapuscinski photo. Mother and daughter kiss over a milkshake. Tatooed diner customer dabs his beard after a meal. The Capital City Diner is unmistakable. Louis Diner in Manchester lights the sky.
Garnished plates await hungry guests.
A waitress shows juggling skills. Drippy milkshakes make their way to a table. Stay a while. It's the cry of the American diner, an entity both endangered and revered along the country's landscape. De-scended from the train dining car and loosely defined by common traits including a stainless steel structure and counter service, diners represent an era, even a way of life.