Nothing captures the romance of Old Route 66’s heyday like its roadside stops – tiny trading posts and hole-in-the-wall diners that fed travelers as they crossed the country from Chicago to Los Angeles – and nothing embodies that romance more than a Valentine Diner. The tiny prefab diners that sprang up across the West sporting distinctive red-and-white-striped paint jobs after WWII are fast falling into disrepair and disappearing. Valentine Diners were born in Wichita, Kan., but after the … [Read more...] about Valentine Diners – A Slice of History