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The Diner That Refused to Close, Route 66

The Cortez Diner has been open on Route 66 in eastern Arizona since 1953. It has been owned by three generations of the same family. It has served, by their own count, more than four million meals. It should not exist anymore. Route 66 has not been a real road for forty years.

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Quiet Ember

Adding Cortez to my road trip list.

1 month
Hannah M.

Of course it is hard. So is closing. This is going to stay with me.

1 month
Henrik A.

The photographer who tipped you off. I want to know who this is. Whole piece is a gift.

1 month
HS

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