A Modern History of Old-School Diners
Briefly

The precursors of today's diners were horse-drawn lunch wagons that parked on corners and in vacant lots around Wall Street and other downtown neighborhoods in the 19th century.Sometimes these lunch carts were replaced with actual recycled railroad dining cars.By early in the next century, pre-fab structures designed to look like railroad dining cars were being installed all over the city.
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