Saturday, March 19, 2011

A Springfield Institution

Built in 1962, and its owner, Gary Leonard, has made it a point to keep the retro-looking restaurant looking spiffy. It’s one of two surviving restaurants with the standard design from the 1950s and ’60s. The rest of them have either been altered or razed.
Original features in the downtown structure include:
- The main building, with a poured concrete floor, porcelain exterior wall panels and plate glass windows on glazed tile footings.
- The rooftop and street-side neon signs, and the painted wooden sign overlooking the parking lot’s southern end.
- The curb service window and counter.
- The kitchen cook line, stainless steel kitchen counters and tile kitchen floor.
- The original wood door on the rear entrance.

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