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The Diamonds Restaurant (and Tri-County Truck Stop)

Villa Ridge, Missouri

The Diamonds in its earliest form

This location started life as the Diamonds Restaurant, which in early postcards bills itself first as “The Old Reliable Eating Place” and later the “World's Largest Roadside Restaurant.”

Vintage postcard showing the Diamonds Restaurant in its second stage

The original building burned in the 1940s and was replaced with the current streamline-inspired design that was eventually taken over and re-named Tri-County Truck Stop.

The “Diamonds” name now is found on a building to the east. Both locations are closed and out-of-business as of this writing.

“World's Largest Roadside Restaurant” postcard

Stage 3: same building as above, but re-named Tri-County Truck Stop (1997)

Stage 4: as photographed in 2008

See also:

• Postcard 1 (Old Reliable Eating Place)
• Postcard 2 (aerial view)

About The Diamonds
Business Type:	Former restaurant
Owner(s):
Address:	Villa Ridge, MO
Telephone:
Web site:
Directions:	See also our GPS-based Clickable G-Maps.

 

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