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34 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

1940.  Diner along U.S. Highway No. 1 near Berwyn, Maryland. Public domain.

 

 

 

We still have a lot of this style in Costa Rica. They're little hole in the walls with about five or six stools in front. They set them up any place where they have room enough for a little Grill and a refrigerator. They're all called sodas. And therein lies a story. In around the 1920s, some Gringo came along and set up a big coffee house/diner style restaurant in the heart of San Jose and called it The Soda Palace. Shortly afterward, hundreds of little fast food places popped up and they called them all sodas.

There are all kinds of Legends and stories about the Central and South American  revolutions that had been plotted at the Soda Palace.

Unfortunately The Soda Palace closed in the early 2000s and in its place is a little food court filled with modern fast food restaurants. No one will ever plot a revolution at McDonald's.

32 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

1940.  Diner along U.S. Highway No. 1 near Berwyn, Maryland. Public domain.

 

 

 

We still have a lot of this style in Costa Rica. They're little hole in the walls with about five or six stools in front. They set them up any place where they have room enough for a little Grill and a refrigerator. They're all called sodas. And therein lies a story. In around the 1920s, some Gringo came along and set up a big coffee house/diner style restaurant in the heart of San Jose and called it The Soda Palace. Shortly afterward, hundreds of little fast food places popped up and they called them all sodas.

There are all kinds of Legends and stories about the Central and South American  revolutions that had been plotted at the Soda Palace.

Unfortunately the soda pellets closed in the early 2000s and in its place is a little food court filled with modern fast food restaurants. No one will ever plot a revolution at McDonald's.