Along the Blackstone: Diners of the Valley
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You’re working 2nd shift. You’re starving and it’s the early 1870’s, where do you go to get a cup of hot “Joe”, or a slice of apple pie or a Pulled Pork Sandwich? Well, in most towns you’d be out of luck, but if you were in Providence, RI in 1872, Walter Scott would be serving a piping hot cup of coffee, pulled pork sandwich and a slice of the best homemade apple pie. It became so lucrative for Scott, that he quit his job at the Providence Journal as a typesetter and began running several horse-drawn wagons around Providence dishing out great food to all the 2nd shift workers and other “nite owls”. On this episode of Along the Blackstone, learn about the origins of an uniquely American establishment, the American Diner.