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City Diner, located in an old Pizza Hut building - one I patronized many times from childhood through well beyond college - on Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, is all about nostalgia. The walls and ceiling are filled with artifacts of the past.  Advertisements, toys, old license plates.  Replicas of old televisions (black and white, of course) hang on the wall, though sometimes showing contemporary shows. There's an ancient Coca Cola machine and phone booth (with a Clark Kent mannequin) outside.  A jukebox by the front door.  Circling the dining area on elevated tracks is an electric train.  It's really cool.  I'd love to rig that up in our condo.  Or maybe my office at work. One of the co-owners, Jo, is well known to locals.  She had a restaurant across the bridge in Palm Beach for many years prior.  She likewise could often be seen at City Diner.  We learned from our waitress (one of several who've been there for many years - that say...

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