Tops Diner (orig.)

A 1938 Unknown Manufacturer diner in Rotterdam, New York

True Diner

351 Duanesburg Rd (NY-7)
Rotterdam, New York 12306

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Status: Gone and never coming back

Last Updated: Nov. 13, 2017

Notes:

Early modern diner made in late 1938 and delivered to site in time for opening 25 April 1939 by John Balla, according to newspaper coverage. [Mike Engle] Originally named New Sodium Diner, after the sodium-powered lamps put up by GE along Rt. 7 in the 1930s. Acquired 1953 by the Kountouros family, who renamed it Tops and replaced it with a Paramount in 1964, then an on-site in 2006.