Columbia, Missouri
- Business name: Broadway Diner
- Street address: 22 South Fourth Street
- Open or closed: Open
- History: This business has operated in two different
Valentine diners. The original Minute Inn opened in 1949 on Providence
Road and was owned by Hubert Blakemore. He owned it until the late
1950s when it was purchased by Rex Freemeyer, who replaced the original
building in 1960 or 1962. In 1980, Gordon and Fran Meridith
acquired it and renamed it Fran's Diner.
Current owner Ed Johnson bought the diner in 1989 and called it the Broadway Diner. It survived a short move to its current location in 2001. The specialty at the Broadway Diner is called "The Stretch," a hash brown, chili and egg dish. It is from the nickname of a University of Missouri women's basketball player in the early 1970s.
- Model / serial number: Double
Deluxe / 2465-2466
- Additional images:
Exterior, moving onto site
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