A 1940/1957 Worcester/Fodero diner (#(WLC) 762) in Rowley, Massachusetts
True Diner
166 Newburyport TnpkPhone: (978) 948-7780
Status: Open for business
Last Updated: Feb. 23, 2018
Notes:
The full story of this diner, its predecessor and cousins, and the Galanis family who owned and operated them is colourful and complicated, and best laid out in Randy Garbin’s excellent Diners of New England. In brief, the original WLC here (the ill-fated Fish Tale Diner) started in Ipswitch, then was moved here in 1947 when that one was replaced with a bigger one. A later Ipswitch upgrade — the Fodero that stands here now — displaced the WLC here in 1970 when the family consolidated operations here, selling off their other interests, including two other diners.
National Register of Historic Places Reference Number: 99001124