The Main Street Grill, located in Hillsville, VA on Rt. 52 in Carroll County along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Originally built in the early 50’s as a Dairy Queen, it was reopened and converted to burger joint in 1988. The place, sadly, closed in September 2008.
I came upon the Triangle Diner in Winchester, VA on a road trip back from my brother’s place in West Virginia. I had mother with me and it turned out to be a great place for a late dinner on the way back to Norfolk. As I did not have my camera with me …
On one of my adventures out driving around the country looking for my “Vanishing American Icons”, I was driving down Route 66 in Arizona. The section of 66 had been turned into Interstate for a large section in Arizona, but I noticed a small town on the old road map I was using as reference. …
Molly’s was a HollywoodCalifornia landmark that few folks really knew about. It’s is an out-of-way location, but has been used in several movies. It’s an old hamburger stand with no seating, but had survived the modernization of most cites until recently. The fact that it is on the Hollywood Walk-of Fame made it even more …