Pennsylvania Diners & Other Roadside Restaurants is a 1993 documentary created by Rick Sebak. The program originated in a 1992 item in The Pennsylvania Road Show about Lee's Diner. It was to be called "Pennsylvania Diners" but added "Other Roadside Restaurants" to cover other establishments than diners. When it was released on DVD in 2006, additional stories not seen nationally were included.
Diners and restaurants on the DVD
Wellsboro Diner in Wellsboro, PennsylvaniaThe Sunrise in Jim Thorpe, PennsylvaniaThe History of DinersBowmanstown Diner in Bowmanstown, PennsylvaniaCountry Squire Diner in Broomall, PennsylvaniaEast Shore Diner in Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaWest Shore Diner in Lemoyne, PennsylvaniaPeg and Bill's in Williamsport, PennsylvaniaVenus Diner in Gibsonia, PennsylvaniaMilford Diner in Milford, PennsylvaniaGarfield Diner in Pottsville, PennsylvaniaNorwin Diner in Irwin, PennsylvaniaMorgan's Eastland Diner in Butler, PennsylvaniaRelocated Diners in PennsylvaniaThe Diner NameSmethport Diner in Smethport, PennsylvaniaPotato City Motor Inn near Coudersport, PennsylvaniaThe Cup in Pottstown, PennsylvaniaPenn Cup in Pennsburg, PennsylvaniaMayfair Diner in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBobs Diner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Located in a Cemetery)Diners Along Route 30Zinns Diner in Denver, PennsylvaniaMelrose Diner in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSouth Midway in Bedford, PennsylvaniaSummit Diner in Somerset, PennsylvaniaRitter's Diner in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCycle Diner in Tarentum, PennsylvaniaReds in Mifflin, PennsylvaniaYe Olde College Diner in State College, Pennsylvania (Home of the Grilled Sticky)Vale-Rio Diner in Phoenixville, PennsylvaniaThe Downingtown Diner in Downingtown, Pennsylvania (Where The Blob Movie Was Filmed)Pip's Diner in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaIn 1994 the show was nominated to the Mid Alantic Emmy Award Competition, for "Outstanding Cultural Programming". David Dillon, the architecture critic from The Dallas Morning News reviewed the show describing it as "amiable, if somewhat plodding".
