tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45205124598912605432024-03-05T13:38:09.442-08:00:: THE CROSSING DINER ::tangledhangers })i({http://www.blogger.com/profile/10659687253685479595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520512459891260543.post-49689346928429675622010-11-23T08:48:00.000-08:002010-11-23T08:57:07.600-08:00:: THE CROSSING DINER ::<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyXXCMa2DzERbTqCGk-EWcQYtrAUKrG-fKWn_mcsv6r4DyuUlY7fI6B8k8_hyphenhyphenrez0aj5iyIK-Yv5hNMSF4qgOQ6hQR7uP2PFNSIl1avUh2sXCbe0crxsaqx3oH5l4tUwT8-SUW_fpRic/s1600/SUMMERTIME_NY2010+075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyXXCMa2DzERbTqCGk-EWcQYtrAUKrG-fKWn_mcsv6r4DyuUlY7fI6B8k8_hyphenhyphenrez0aj5iyIK-Yv5hNMSF4qgOQ6hQR7uP2PFNSIl1avUh2sXCbe0crxsaqx3oH5l4tUwT8-SUW_fpRic/s400/SUMMERTIME_NY2010+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542790196582493906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">WHERE *HOME~COOKIN'*... TASTES LIKE *HOME~COOKIN'* !!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">♥ ♨ ♨ ♨ ♥ ♨ ♨ ♨ ♥<br /><br />CUTE & CASUAL...<br />IN THE HEART OF *SENECA* LAKE...<br />WHERE *HOME~COOKIN'*... TASTES LIKE *HOME~COOKIN'*...<br /><br />STOP ON BY & GIVE US A TRY...<br /><br />15 YEARS & MANY FULL~BELLIES...<br />THANK YOU BUNCHES TO YOU ALL THAT HAVE HELPED KEEP OUR *VIBES*... POSITIVE & FUN THROUGH~OUT THE YEARS !!!<br /><br />XOXOX ♥♥ & HUGS...<br /><br />WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU ALL !!! ♥♥<br />WE ARE *FOREVER~GRATEFUL* !!<br />♥ (~);} ♥<br /></div>tangledhangers })i({http://www.blogger.com/profile/10659687253685479595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520512459891260543.post-6726034729324747652010-01-23T00:25:00.000-08:002010-11-23T23:04:09.826-08:00:: ABOUT US ::<div style="text-align: center;">:: THE CROSSING DINER ::<br /><br />THE FINGER~LAKES RAILROAD TRAVELS ACROSS ROUTE # 314 IN WHAT WAS CALLED EDDYTOWN... THE TRACKS TO THE RAILROAD WERE FIRST LAID IN 1851.<br />ORIGINALLY IT CARRIED SUMMER TOURISTS TO GLENORA~LANDING.<br />IN *BIG~STREAM* (AS GLENORA WAS CALLED) THERE WAS A LARGE TWO~STORY WAREHOUSE.<br />APPLES & GRAPES WERE THE MAIN FRUITS STORED...<br />PACKED & SHIPPED OUT FROM THERE.<br />DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18OO'S THE BIG CASH CROP WAS BLACK~RASPBERRIES & *RED~CAPS*.<br />FROM THIS AREA THEY WERE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY... WE WERE THE *BLACK~RASPBERRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD*.<br />SINCE 1965 , GRAPES HAVE TAKEN OVER AS THE PRIME CROP OF THRE AREA... WITH APPLES IN DISTANT SECOND.<br /><br />THE PASSENGER TRAIN CEASED IN 1956.<br />IN THOSE OLD DAYS FROM WATKINS~GLEN, IT'S FIRST STOP WAS EDDYTOWN(LAKEMONT)... THEN, STARKEY... HIMROD... MILO... & PENN~YAN.<br /><br />IN 1976, 2OYRS LATER... THE PENN CENTRAL & ERIE LACKAWANNA WENT BANKRUPT & CONRAIL TOOK OVER THE OWNERSHIP.<br /><br />TODAY, SALT & COAL ARE THE MAIN FREIGHT OF THE FINGER~LAKES RAILROAD.<br />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.<br /><br />SOOO... SIT~BACK & ENJOY YOUR *HOME~COOKED* MEAL & ALL THE RAILROAD MEMORIES OF<br />:: THE CROSSING DINER ::<br />YOU MAY HEAR THE RATTLE & CLATTLE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS RUNNING BY...<br />YOU WON'T HEAR THE STEAM~ENGINE PUFFING BY (IT'S DIRECT NOW)...<br /><br />BUT, YOU MIGHT HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOWING AS IT CROSSES OVER THE TRACKS.<br /><br />IT'S A RAILROAD LINE THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 1851...<br />& A LOT OF GRAPES, COAL & SALT HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER *THIS*<br />:: CROSSING :: SINCE THEN.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>tangledhangers })i({http://www.blogger.com/profile/10659687253685479595noreply@blogger.com0