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Great Black Friday deal for 'The Great American Retro Road Trip' plus a cornucopia of news for you
A Philly cheesesteak institution to close; an LA donut icon rolls to NYC; reward for stolen beer sign and more updates.
 • Rolando Pujol
Miss America Diner, a Jersey City stalwart, to close on Monday, Nov. 3
New Jersey still has over 500 diners, but their lot is a dwindling one.
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Kowloon, an icon of roadside kitsch, appears doomed; meet Carvel's forgotten mascot Freezy and Wise Potato Chips' revived Peppy the Owl
Plus, over a dozen more headlines from "The Great American Retro Road Trip."
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Inside the last surviving portion of the original World Trade Center, a passageway to a lost time
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The Retrologist field guide to Taco Bell's design evolution
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Blue Light Blues: Inside one of America's last Kmarts as it prepares to close
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Big news! My book, 'The Great American Retro Road Trip,' is available for preorder
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The 'Peanuts' tour of America: Exploring historic Snoopy signs and sidewalk doghouses as we celebrate Charles M. Schulz's 100th birthday!
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Rare chance to grab relics from 'Roadside America' miniature village; polishing up a California classic; coffee party is over at Boston's…
The Retrologist news update includes the fate of West Virginia fiberglass colossi, a vamoosed Arby's hat and a neon presentation this week I'm hosting.
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At the Lexington Candy Shop, a sweet memory of Robert Redford
The Upper East Side staple appears in the 1975 film "Three Days of the Condor."
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Just in: Cracker Barrel restores old logo featuring Uncle Herschel after meltdown
The chain faced a furious backlash to the new logo, which had been largely unchanged since 1977
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The return of McDonaldland: Nostalgic campaign includes festive apparel and merch collab with Pacsun
The surprise comeback of the McDonaldland characters has now extended onto the shelves of Pacsun stores. I take you on a tour.
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Nostalgic trip: Visit a McDonaldland reunion decades in the making
A McDonald's in Times Square was converted into McDonaldland ahead of the release of the McDonaldland Meal on Aug. 12.
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McDonald's brings back classic McDonaldland characters as part of nostalgic meal and shake campaign
McDonald's will be taking us on a "trip through McDonaldland" with its McDonaldland Meal that will include merch and more starting Aug. 12.
 • Rolando Pujol
On the impending loss of Cole's French Dip and the threat to legacy businesses
Plus, dozens of more headlines from the Great American Retro Roadside. Let's go!
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Roll N Roaster, the 'not so fast' fast-food restaurant, celebrates 55th anniversary
Roll N Roaster has been an institution in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, since 1970.
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Officer Big Mac clearly not on the job as Ronald McDonald statue is kidnapped from Pennsylvania McDonald’s; Hamburglar not a suspect
The theft Sunday afternoon was caught on video.
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The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol
The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol
Rolando Pujol is the creator of The Retrologist and the author of "The Great American Retro Road Trip." He is an executive producer at WABC-TV and a longtime newspaper and TV journalist.
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