Diners provided road food for America prior to the takeover by fast food chains. Here you could get a burger and fries, but also SOS, meatloaf, liver and onions, broasted chicken, and an endless cup of coffee in a real china cup, often served by a waitress with tired eyes, a sad smile, and stories to tell.
This diner is of more recent vintage, but the nostalgia is more than skin deep, and it served the same kinds of people that an older diner once served: locals who wanted some good old-fashioned food and travelers who wanted something approaching a home-cooked meal. Plus there was a bonus: much of the food was southwestern and more than half of the people in the diner were Navajo. The women were wearing their elegant velvet dresses adorned with squash blossom necklaces and the men wore cowboy hats, jeans held up by belts with huge buckles, and cowboy boots. Local color indeed.

LIMITED EDITION: This photographic print is part of a limited edition produced by photographer Lee Rentz. The edition consists of 250 prints, which includes all sizes and methods of printing.