Posted by:
cmysli
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Does anyone remember the little old lady who ran a diner across from Peace Lutheran School and Church on 47th and California? I grew up in Brighton Park and attended PL for kindergarten and first grade. My grandma would take me to this diner after school. I would get a chili dog. The lady made everything fresh. I went back there with my son in the 1990's, and I expected it to be closed; however, to my amazement it was still there, and the old lady was still running the place. It was surreal; even the prices and the fixtures were the same! I thought I had traveled back in time. A couple in their 40's was sitting at the counter. They told me they had driven all the way from Wisconsin to eat there. They used to live in Brighton Park. My dad used to shop at Vann's Food Store, and there was a little knick knack store around the corner. I bought some things there as a child.