Notes:

G6M5+H4 Meriden, Connecticut

Started as a Ward & Dickinson in 1931, replaced with a Paramount which opened 9 Sept. 1963. Original owner Fred Klett had previously run the Uneeda Lunch Room on State St., and the Lenox Lunch Room at the corner of Hanover and West Main Sts. Klett bought out his partner and ran the Palace Diner on W. Main St., which is likely the one later replaced by a Silk City that’s still there.

The original Meriden Diner was bought by Wilson A. Veillette in 1938, then sold to Clifford P. Hourigan in 1956. It was replaced by the former Washington Diner (of Hartford) in 1963, and run by Hourigan until about 1973. [ research by Mike Engle, reported in Diner Hunter ]

Boxed in and forgotten about for years, rediscovered during demolition in July 2014, but too far gone to save; demolished Aug. 2014. According to local legend, the steamed cheeseburger was invented here.