How much longer with 1950s themed restaurants survive?

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5 years ago 10/15/2018 10:05am EDT

I was in one over the weekend. Had a solid breakfast.

But, anyone who was alive in the mid-1950s, say as a teenager, will be pushing 80 soon. Pretty soon, no one will remember what it was like to eat in a 1950s style diner, people like me (aged 47) don't feel nostalgia for this era because it was 15-20 years before I was born. Will all these restaurants have to shut down? No one goes to Victorian-themed stuff anymore, you know. Potentially, I could feel nostalgic about 1950s-themed diners that existed after the 1950s, but that seems like a stretch.

5 years ago 10/15/2018 11:39am EDT

re: Not so fast bro

Plenty of 1800s style saloons, 1920s speakeasy bars, Medival Times. Good food never goes out of style.

5 years ago 10/15/2018 8:56pm EDT

re: Not so fast bro

I still like some of them because they have good food and lots of choices. Check out Mel’s in Hollywood or Santa Monica. Colton, the grandson of the original Mel, is a great guy and he runs them.

5 years ago 10/15/2018 10:04pm EDT

re: Not so fast bro

Not so fast bro wrote:
I was in one over the weekend. Had a solid breakfast.
But, anyone who was alive in the mid-1950s, say as a teenager, will be pushing 80 soon. Pretty soon, no one will remember what it was like to eat in a 1950s style diner, people like me (aged 47) don't feel nostalgia for this era because it was 15-20 years before I was born. Will all these restaurants have to shut down? No one goes to Victorian-themed stuff anymore, you know. Potentially, I could feel nostalgic about 1950s-themed diners that existed after the 1950s, but that seems like a stretch.

I am from Europe and was born in the 70s but still feel a certain nostalgia for 50s themed US restaurants, particularly diners with never ending coffee and cranky waitresses. Not sure why, maybe from movies or something.

So I think they probably aren’t going anywhere yet, particularly if the food is good.

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