Day and Night Diner
October 23rd, 2009
I travel around Massachusetts a lot for work, mostly for meetings, but I rarely seem to be able to take advantage of these trips to visit a new diner. Even when I know there’s a diner in town, it seems that they are never near enough to the meeting site, and I usually don’t have any time to spare before I have to get back to the office.
Wednesday, however, I really lucked out. I had a meeting at the Palmer Public Library. I knew that the Day and Night Diner was in Palmer, but I’ve never been to Palmer before and didn’t know where it was in relation to the library. A quick check of addresses showed that the diner was directly across the street from the library.
I was able to run over and get a few pictures during a break. It’s my very favorite type of diner, a classic Worcester Lunch Car Company diner from 1944. The thing I love about these diners is the perfect curve of the roofline on the short ends, similar to Deb’s Diner in Salem (Mass.) and the Boulevard in Worcester. The Day and Night is also one of those rare diners set on its lot perpendicular to the street — the entrance is on the one of those short ends, under that perfect curve.
I didn’t have time to check out the interior, the food or (most importantly) the coffee, but I’ll definitely make a point of getting off the Mass. Pike next time I am out that way to make a proper visit!
Day and Night Diner
1456 Main Street / Route 20
Palmer, Massachusetts
Worcester Lunch Car Company #781, 1944
