Miss Worcester Diner
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Miss Worcester Diner or Worcester Lunch Car # 812 is an historic diner
at 302 Southbridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts
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It was built in 1948 by Worcester Lunch Car Company
and is located across the street from the company's (now defunct) Worcester factory. While independently owned and operated, it was used by the Lunch Car Company as a "showroom" diner, and a testbed for new features.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Diner
A diner, also spelled dinor in western Pennsylvania is a prefabricated restaurant building characteristic of North America, especially in the Midwest, in New York City, in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey, and in other areas of the Northeastern United States, although examples can be found throughout...
at 302 Southbridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
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It was built in 1948 by Worcester Lunch Car Company
Worcester Lunch Car Company
Worcester Lunch Car Company was a large manufacturer of historic diners based in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1957.-History:Philip H. Duprey founded the company in 1906 as the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company. It was named for Worcester, Massachusetts, where the...
and is located across the street from the company's (now defunct) Worcester factory. While independently owned and operated, it was used by the Lunch Car Company as a "showroom" diner, and a testbed for new features.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.