{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Why were diners the idiomatic Greek-American restaurant? Was it taking a page from Jewish delis and Italian sandwich shops?\nWas...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/724057539428433921/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/724057110701342720/\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Why were <i>diners</i> the idiomatic Greek-American restaurant? Was it taking a page from Jewish delis and Italian sandwich shops?</p><p>Was it Greek immigrant <i>sailors</i> with a background in galley cooking?</p></blockquote>\n<p>Or is it just like Cambodian donut places in LA, where even if a guy wanted to take you on as a successor and show you the ropes he probably speaks Khmer?</p>"}