A History of “Lunch” Restaurants
When Just Lunch—Quick, Cheap and Hot—Was an American Restaurant Model; Plus a Visit to Theodora; and Odds and Ends.
I first clapped eyes on a “lunch” restaurant in summer of 2008. I was in Troy, New York. I can’t remember why I was there. I don’t even remember how I got there—I owned no car at the time. But there I was, standing in front of a place called Famous Lunch. I was there to try the miniature hot dogs, a specialty of the Troy area…