Waffle Shop: 1950

This is cleaner than almost any restaurant out there today. I wish there were places like this today, the food would probably be edible too since today mostly what is available is really crappy.

Beautiful, efficient and appealing design. A real soda fountain! Tell me again why the present is better than the past, because I've forgotten.

That's a good looking joint.

I see the cool "tabletop remote" jukeboxes! Don't see those anymore...or old cash registers either.

This is fantastic.

i wanna go!
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The Washington Post did a story on the Waffle Shop a few months ago, along with a slide show. Nowadays it has what you might call that lived-in look. The mirror running along the wall makes the place look twice as big.

The ceiling appears to be tilted at an angle. In this image, that provides a forced perspective which makes the interior look immense.

I also love the shine on everything. I'm kind of curious what the interior looks like now.

As previously stated, (I think I blogged before) I am an elementary school teacher and this site will help put an end to those quizzical looks when I tell about the dark ages with no video games, no computers and no cell phones. 5th grade in California studies US History and the turn of the century is a great time to go back to first.

Will every image shown be available as a print? I'd certainly be interested in this one. [Done! Print link added to caption. - Dave]