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where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
pedroichavich
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Date: May 08, 2014 04:36PM
and how long til it reopens?
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Yw4dp
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Date: May 08, 2014 07:06PM
the place was a dump. maybe it could be renovated to not look like a dump. its a real 50s diner, but the Silver Diner (a fake 50s diner) is somehow more appealing.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Guy Fieri
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Date: May 08, 2014 07:16PM
Yw4dp Wrote:
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> the place was a dump. maybe it could be renovated
> to not look like a dump. its a real 50s diner,
> but the Silver Diner (a fake 50s diner) is somehow
> more appealing.
The 29 Diner is a diner. The Silver Diner is a sub-Disney-level pseudo-diner "experience" that is satisfying to the same sort of underdeveloped, never-got-past-Happy-Days intellect that finds Chuck E. Cheese stimulating. If you're older than 6 or 7, you ought to know better.
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> the place was a dump. maybe it could be renovated
> to not look like a dump. its a real 50s diner,
> but the Silver Diner (a fake 50s diner) is somehow
> more appealing.
The 29 Diner is a diner. The Silver Diner is a sub-Disney-level pseudo-diner "experience" that is satisfying to the same sort of underdeveloped, never-got-past-Happy-Days intellect that finds Chuck E. Cheese stimulating. If you're older than 6 or 7, you ought to know better.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Jason K
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Date: May 08, 2014 11:51PM
No where. Closed for good.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
joesmoe3
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Date: May 11, 2014 09:51AM
Yes, it's a real shame too . . . community nexus attracting the cross section of society from local high school and college folks to old timers who miss the railroad, and everyone in between. Had that old mechanical cash register, and 45s in the juke box when I first started going there.
Over 20 years, management mis-steps ???? Staff was tired. Food, as comfort as it was, never changed. No advertising that I knew of, and word of mouth could only go so far.
I noticed no more teenage - young adults. Then, I'm guessing the old timers got OLD. It was quick at the end. Cash register broke. Hours were cut back. Most of the time when I went in there, we were the only ones there. No more specials on the black board.
Sad.
Life goes on.
Over 20 years, management mis-steps ???? Staff was tired. Food, as comfort as it was, never changed. No advertising that I knew of, and word of mouth could only go so far.
I noticed no more teenage - young adults. Then, I'm guessing the old timers got OLD. It was quick at the end. Cash register broke. Hours were cut back. Most of the time when I went in there, we were the only ones there. No more specials on the black board.
Sad.
Life goes on.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
tx63j
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Date: May 11, 2014 12:22PM
The place is not inviting from the street. It looks dumpy. It does not have to be that way. Someone else should buy / rent it and clean it up. I really wonder how the current owners cannot figure this out.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
CBR
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Date: May 11, 2014 12:33PM
tx63j Wrote:
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> The place is not inviting from the street. It
> looks dumpy. It does not have to be that way.
> Someone else should buy / rent it and clean it up.
> I really wonder how the current owners cannot
> figure this out.
The entire area around the 29 is slated for development both
business and residential. Watch for "affordable housing" for
illegal immigrants. The traffic in the intersection of Rt 50
and Chain Bridge sucks already and it will be a totally fucked
up mess when the building is completed. Another brilliant idea
for developers to hit the big time while FFx City residents take
it in the ass.
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> The place is not inviting from the street. It
> looks dumpy. It does not have to be that way.
> Someone else should buy / rent it and clean it up.
> I really wonder how the current owners cannot
> figure this out.
The entire area around the 29 is slated for development both
business and residential. Watch for "affordable housing" for
illegal immigrants. The traffic in the intersection of Rt 50
and Chain Bridge sucks already and it will be a totally fucked
up mess when the building is completed. Another brilliant idea
for developers to hit the big time while FFx City residents take
it in the ass.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Grease
()
Date: May 11, 2014 12:36PM
The 29 Diner was a complete dump. Glad to see it gone. You might as well just stuffed you mouth with bacon grease.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Radon's Daughter
()
Date: May 11, 2014 12:48PM
Move it to a park and turn it into an ice cream stand.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
KGxw7
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Date: May 11, 2014 10:17PM
sharon bull o va already has one close to taj mahal - since taj mahal was built
then the nice condos her democrat children and friends got put in, which is close to all the luxury strip malls and shopping centers
none of the shit really paid for
then the nice condos her democrat children and friends got put in, which is close to all the luxury strip malls and shopping centers
none of the shit really paid for
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
29
()
Date: May 25, 2014 11:31PM
anyone find out?
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Multiple Asshole Sightings
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Date: May 26, 2014 09:50AM
We found out that many of the people who are usually assholes are still assholes.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Who cares?
()
Date: May 26, 2014 09:55AM
Seriously. Who gives a fvck?
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
More Assholes Out There
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Date: May 26, 2014 10:35AM
Who cares? Wrote:
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> Seriously. Who gives a fvck?
Probably all the people who worked there and/or had some occasion to frequent the place for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a late night meal.
You must meanwhile be pretty much of a useless dumbfuck, I would gather?
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> Seriously. Who gives a fvck?
Probably all the people who worked there and/or had some occasion to frequent the place for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a late night meal.
You must meanwhile be pretty much of a useless dumbfuck, I would gather?
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
29
()
Date: May 26, 2014 02:53PM
so no new info, huh?
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
d9J4Y
()
Date: June 08, 2014 12:21PM
Old timers who miss the railroad? What railroad.
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Encore! Encore!
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Date: June 09, 2014 09:16AM
Guy Fieri Wrote:
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> Yw4dp Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > the place was a dump. maybe it could be
> renovated
> > to not look like a dump. its a real 50s diner,
> > but the Silver Diner (a fake 50s diner) is
> somehow
> > more appealing.
>
> The 29 Diner is a diner. The Silver Diner is a
> sub-Disney-level pseudo-diner "experience" that is
> satisfying to the same sort of underdeveloped,
> never-got-past-Happy-Days intellect that finds
> Chuck E. Cheese stimulating. If you're older than
> 6 or 7, you ought to know better.
Brilliant response, dude or dudette!
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> Yw4dp Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > the place was a dump. maybe it could be
> renovated
> > to not look like a dump. its a real 50s diner,
> > but the Silver Diner (a fake 50s diner) is
> somehow
> > more appealing.
>
> The 29 Diner is a diner. The Silver Diner is a
> sub-Disney-level pseudo-diner "experience" that is
> satisfying to the same sort of underdeveloped,
> never-got-past-Happy-Days intellect that finds
> Chuck E. Cheese stimulating. If you're older than
> 6 or 7, you ought to know better.
Brilliant response, dude or dudette!
Re: where is the 29 diner moving too?
Posted by:
Rail Confusion Here
()
Date: June 09, 2014 10:44AM
SBB Wrote:
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> A railroad ran through Fairfax City up into the
> early 1960's. Not far from the Massey building.
> There may be remnants of raised track beds still
> visible.
Trolley line, actually, and the end of the line for the Fairfax Branch of the Washington-Virginia Railway was in the NE corner of the intersection of 123 and 236. Bank of America now, I think? The line ran from 1904 to 1939. Fairfax to 12th & D, NW in just over an hour. Try that today. The opening of the trolley line was a life-altering event for those along it. The alternative means for reaching Fairfax City from DC at the time was to take the Southern trains to Burke Station, then the irregularly scheduled stagecoach -- yes, stagecoach -- for the rest of the journey.
In any case, the cars ran west from the Fairfax terminal then turned and ran east down Railroad Street, across Route 50, behind what later became the 29 Diner, across 123, then just east of what is now the Best Western hotel. The parking lot there is at an odd angle because that's the angle the trolleys ran on as they made their way over to Oakton, Vienna, Falls Church, etc. The (second) Oakton station still exists as a private residence at 2923 Gray Street. But while the sharp-eyed may detect hints of the old right-of-way there, the best idea for that is to take Plantation Parkway away from the firehouse on Route-50 east of Red Lobster, then take the first left onto Ranger Road and follow that all the way to the end. Walk around the small guardrail and then down the tiny path leading into the woods. And poison ivy. You'll quickly be climbing back uphill again, and when you reach the top there, you will realize that you are standing in the middle of several hundred yards of the old trolley trackbed. Follow it a short way to your left and the piers for the bridge that crossed the creek are still there.
Meanwhile, the heavy-rail line that ran through the area until 1968 was lastly named the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad. It had begun life in the years before the Civil War as the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire. Much of its right-of-way in and west of Falls Church is now the W&OD Trail which of course goes nowhere near Fairfax or the 29 Diner. Much of the W&OD right-of-way east of Falls Church is now I-66.
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> A railroad ran through Fairfax City up into the
> early 1960's. Not far from the Massey building.
> There may be remnants of raised track beds still
> visible.
Trolley line, actually, and the end of the line for the Fairfax Branch of the Washington-Virginia Railway was in the NE corner of the intersection of 123 and 236. Bank of America now, I think? The line ran from 1904 to 1939. Fairfax to 12th & D, NW in just over an hour. Try that today. The opening of the trolley line was a life-altering event for those along it. The alternative means for reaching Fairfax City from DC at the time was to take the Southern trains to Burke Station, then the irregularly scheduled stagecoach -- yes, stagecoach -- for the rest of the journey.
In any case, the cars ran west from the Fairfax terminal then turned and ran east down Railroad Street, across Route 50, behind what later became the 29 Diner, across 123, then just east of what is now the Best Western hotel. The parking lot there is at an odd angle because that's the angle the trolleys ran on as they made their way over to Oakton, Vienna, Falls Church, etc. The (second) Oakton station still exists as a private residence at 2923 Gray Street. But while the sharp-eyed may detect hints of the old right-of-way there, the best idea for that is to take Plantation Parkway away from the firehouse on Route-50 east of Red Lobster, then take the first left onto Ranger Road and follow that all the way to the end. Walk around the small guardrail and then down the tiny path leading into the woods. And poison ivy. You'll quickly be climbing back uphill again, and when you reach the top there, you will realize that you are standing in the middle of several hundred yards of the old trolley trackbed. Follow it a short way to your left and the piers for the bridge that crossed the creek are still there.
Meanwhile, the heavy-rail line that ran through the area until 1968 was lastly named the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad. It had begun life in the years before the Civil War as the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire. Much of its right-of-way in and west of Falls Church is now the W&OD Trail which of course goes nowhere near Fairfax or the 29 Diner. Much of the W&OD right-of-way east of Falls Church is now I-66.