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kontextmaschine:

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Seeing a lot of barcades these days

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But then saw a lot of explicitly 50s-throwback diners with neon-bubble Wurlitzers (if not tableside coin-op jukeboxes) when I was growing up 80s-90s

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Our local was Nifty Fifties, in the original location that became a Dairy Queen

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Don\u2019t see them anymore

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Huh, there\u2019s also a restaurant called Nifty Fiftys in Port Townsend. Appears to be an unrelated business, though.

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If you want tableside coin-op jukeboxes, though, there\u2019s still Luna Park Cafe in Seattle.

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FIFTY NIFTY UNITED STATES, FROM THIRTEEN ORIGINAL COLONIES

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