Valentine Diners - South Central Kansas

Hutchinson

• Business name: Payday Money Store
• Street address: 2310 North Main Street
• Open or closed: Open, but not as a diner
• History: Early 1950s city directories suggest this was built to be a liquor store rather than a diner. In 1951, the building was operated as the Florence McBride Retail Liquor Store. Two years later, it was the Mary Hennessey Liquor Store. More recently, it has been Demings Film Drop, Smokes 4 Less, and Bonjean Nails. The current business operating in the building is Payday Money Store.
• Model / serial number: Liquor Store / Unknown
• Additional images:
  Exterior, Smokes 4 Less
  Exterior, Bonjean

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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