In the end only kindness matters...

In every town, I try to locate interesting diners. Diners are an American tradition, seen in many Hollywood movies and representative of the community spirit often found in the States. Locals gather to eat cheap and tasty food in a cozy setting, catch up on local news and gossip and spend time with friends. Over the weekend in Chicago, I found a really interesting one called "The Silver Palm." As you can see, the diner is an actual train car.

The diner opened in 2003 and is named after an Amtrak passenger train originally running the route from Miami to Tampa, Florida. The route was discontinued in 1985 as a result of Florida budgetary cuts. However, the Silver Palm was reborn in 1996 running a longer route from Miami to New York City. Amtrak changed the name of the train in 2002 and it's now called "Palmetto."( Read more... )