Valentine Diners - Illinois

Moline

• Business name: Caffe' Piccalo
• Street address: 421 14th Street
• Open or closed: Closed
• History: This 10-stool Valentine dates from ca. 1948. Alfred Smith bought the diner in 1957 and ran Al's Diner there for many years. In 1993 current owner Pamela Frankville purchased the diner from her mother, Virginia Farmer, and renamed it the Caffe' Piccalo (Farmer had operated it as Virginia's Diner for 15 years). The Caffe' Piccalo closed in 2007.
• Model / serial number: Unknown / 653
• Additional images:
  Exterior, rear
  Interior, seating
  Interior, kitchen
  Wall safe

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What are Valentine Diners?

These small diners were built in Wichita for several decades from the late 1930s into the 1970s. Some are still open today. more