Fleetwood Diner
300 S Ashley StAnn Arbor, MI 48104
Diner Project Score: 7 (to be verified)
Signature Dish: Hippie Hash
In March the Fleetwood Diner turned 59 years old! I started the Diner Project after I no longer lived in Michigan so there are lots of great Michigan diners that await scoring. Supposedly there is even a Fleetwood branch in Lansing now.
Bruce sent this photo of the Fleetwood Diner.
If memory serves me right, the Fleetwood would receive a Diner Project score of: 7
(this score awaits verification)
A visit in November awarded the Fleetwood Diner a score of 8 since we added a new category of the intangible factor (see above). The intangible factor is that people will wait, and even eat!, outside when it's freezing cold.
A visit in November awarded the Fleetwood Diner a score of 8 since we added a new category of the intangible factor (see above). The intangible factor is that people will wait, and even eat!, outside when it's freezing cold.
The website states the following: "The Fleetwood was manufactured by the Dagwood Diner Company of Toledo, Ohio in 1948. Unlike most classic diners, it was shipped as a kit, not as a complete ready-to-cook unit. There is another Dagwood diner located in Erie, Michigan, but has been remodeled beyond recognition. The original Dagwood near the corner of Monroe and Secor in Toledo closed in 1963. There may have been as many as a half dozen Dagwoods. There is more about Dagwood at the Lake Erie Region Dining Car Companies page."
