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Why roadside diners once served night-shift workers

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The quaint, nostalgic breakfast stops beloved by wandering travelers were not built for vacations. They sprouted near factories and rail yards specifically to shovel eggs and coffee into exhausted laborers working graveyard shifts. Their transition into charming travel staples only happened when long-distance driving became a mainstream middle-class pursuit.

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