Munson Diner | |
 Munson Diner, July 2018 | |
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| Location | 12 Lake St. (NY 55),Liberty, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°47′47″N74°44′46″W / 41.79639°N 74.74611°W /41.79639; -74.74611 |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1945 |
| Architect | Kullman Dining Car Co. |
| Architectural style | Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000256[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 2006 |
Munson Diner is a historicdiner located atLiberty inSullivan County, New York. It was manufactured in 1945 by theKullman Dining Car Company ofLebanon, New Jersey. It has a riveted steel frame and exterior ofstainless steel and porcelain enamel. It has a long, rectangular form, 16 feet wide by 50 feet long. The interior has a plan typical of the diners of the 1940s and 1950s. It was moved from West 49th Street and 11th Avenue, New York City, to Liberty in 2005.[2][3]
It was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]Allan Bérubé (1946–2007) initiated the saving, redevelopment, and moving of the diner.[4]
The diner has served as a filming location inKojak andAmerican Express commercials.[5] It served as "Reggie's Diner", the local alternative to Monk's Cafe, in several episodes ofSeinfeld, such as in "The Soup", when George introduces the gang to Reggie's because his attempts to date a waitress at Monk's have led to an awkward situation. In "The Bizarro Jerry" episode, the 'regular gang' of Reggie's Diner befriend Elaine and introduce her to the "alternate bizarro universe" that goes on there. In "The Pool Guy", George escapes to Reggie's when his fiancee joins the friend group at Monk's.[5]
The 2014 dark comedy filmHits, directed byDavid Cross and starringMatt Walsh andMichael Cera, was filmed and set inLiberty, New York, and the diner can be seen in the opening moments of the film as well as a later scene inside the diner.
In a project that attracted considerable attention in the news media, he arranged to have the Munson Diner, a derelict Hell's Kitchen landmark from the 1940s, moved there from Manhattan.
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