Road Island Diner, Oakley, Utah, USA

Road Island Diner, Oakley, Utah, USA 

The Road Island Diner is a rare classic Streamline Moderne 60′ x 16′ Art Deco diner car restaurant located in the remote mountain city of Oakley, Utah.

It was prefabricated as diner in 1939 at the Elizabeth, New Jersey factory of the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company. After construction, it was displayed on exhibition at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. After the Fair, It was sold to Al McDermott who had it towed it to Fall River, Massachusetts where it operated for 14 years.

In 1953, it was sold to Greek immigrant Tommy Borodemos, who had it transported down the turnpike to Middletown, Rhode Island, where it operated for 4 generations as Tommy’s Deluxe Diner.

It closed its doors in May 2006 and was purchased in 2007 by Utah businessman, Keith Walker, who transported it to Oakley, Utah.After a year of restoration, it was opened in July 2008. It is said to be the only pre-war, Art-deco streamline (constructed to mimic a rail dining car) diner west of the Mississippi River.

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