:: THE CROSSING DINER ::

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

:: THE CROSSING DINER ::


WHERE *HOME~COOKIN'*... TASTES LIKE *HOME~COOKIN'* !!

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CUTE & CASUAL...
IN THE HEART OF *SENECA* LAKE...
WHERE *HOME~COOKIN'*... TASTES LIKE *HOME~COOKIN'*...

STOP ON BY & GIVE US A TRY...

15 YEARS & MANY FULL~BELLIES...
THANK YOU BUNCHES TO YOU ALL THAT HAVE HELPED KEEP OUR *VIBES*... POSITIVE & FUN THROUGH~OUT THE YEARS !!!

XOXOX ♥♥ & HUGS...

WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU ALL !!! ♥♥
WE ARE *FOREVER~GRATEFUL* !!
♥ (~);} ♥

Saturday, January 23, 2010

:: ABOUT US ::

:: THE CROSSING DINER ::

THE FINGER~LAKES RAILROAD TRAVELS ACROSS ROUTE # 314 IN WHAT WAS CALLED EDDYTOWN... THE TRACKS TO THE RAILROAD WERE FIRST LAID IN 1851.
ORIGINALLY IT CARRIED SUMMER TOURISTS TO GLENORA~LANDING.
IN *BIG~STREAM* (AS GLENORA WAS CALLED) THERE WAS A LARGE TWO~STORY WAREHOUSE.
APPLES & GRAPES WERE THE MAIN FRUITS STORED...
PACKED & SHIPPED OUT FROM THERE.
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18OO'S THE BIG CASH CROP WAS BLACK~RASPBERRIES & *RED~CAPS*.
FROM THIS AREA THEY WERE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY... WE WERE THE *BLACK~RASPBERRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD*.
SINCE 1965 , GRAPES HAVE TAKEN OVER AS THE PRIME CROP OF THRE AREA... WITH APPLES IN DISTANT SECOND.

THE PASSENGER TRAIN CEASED IN 1956.
IN THOSE OLD DAYS FROM WATKINS~GLEN, IT'S FIRST STOP WAS EDDYTOWN(LAKEMONT)... THEN, STARKEY... HIMROD... MILO... & PENN~YAN.

IN 1976, 2OYRS LATER... THE PENN CENTRAL & ERIE LACKAWANNA WENT BANKRUPT & CONRAIL TOOK OVER THE OWNERSHIP.

TODAY, SALT & COAL ARE THE MAIN FREIGHT OF THE FINGER~LAKES RAILROAD.
FROM THE SALT~PLANTS OF WATKINS~GLEN (CARGILL & US SALT) THE SALT THEN TRAVELS TO PENN~YAN, CANANDAIGUA & THEN TO LYONS & BATAVIA... WHERE IT GOES TO CHEMICAL PLANTS, FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS, & CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

SOOO... SIT~BACK & ENJOY YOUR *HOME~COOKED* MEAL & ALL THE RAILROAD MEMORIES OF
:: THE CROSSING DINER ::
YOU MAY HEAR THE RATTLE & CLATTLE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS RUNNING BY...
YOU WON'T HEAR THE STEAM~ENGINE PUFFING BY (IT'S DIRECT NOW)...

BUT, YOU MIGHT HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOWING AS IT CROSSES OVER THE TRACKS.

IT'S A RAILROAD LINE THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 1851...
& A LOT OF GRAPES, COAL & SALT HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER *THIS*
:: CROSSING :: SINCE THEN.