Valentine Diners - Southeast Kansas

Eureka 

• Business name: Ark Lunch
• Street address: Originally at 615 North Main Street; removed from site, to East Coast
• Open or closed: Closed
• History: Joe Gray purchased this Economy 8-stool Sandwich Shop, less rest rooms, plus fixtures for the unit, in October 1951. He operated and then leased the diner, getting completely out of the operation by 1971. The diner has since been relocated to another state.
• Model / serial number: Economy Sandwich Shop / 1050
• Additional images:
  Receipt for purchase

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What are Valentine Diners?

These small diners were built in Wichita for several decades from the late 1930s into the 1970s. Some are still open today. more