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Officer Big Mac clearly not on the job as Ronald McDonald statue is kidnapped from Pennsylvania McDonald’s; Hamburglar not a suspect

Hector's Cafe, a Meatpacking District mainstay since 1949, set to close amid redevelopment plans

In or around NYC? Come to my book signing at The Strand tonight!

Iconic 1960s Arby's with twin 10-gallon hats, featured in my new book, closes

Neat gift alert! Get 6 postcards from my book when you preorder 'The Great American Retro Road Trip'

Bad news for 'Goodfellas' filming location; new orbit for epic Blue Comet diner sign; Arizona garden's glow up; sad sign in Wildwood | Roadside Roundup

One woman's quest to save a New Jersey diner; Arby's hat set to vamoose; great 'Goonies' news | Roadside Roundup

Let's visit a unique McDonald's that found its 'Classic' essence again after a tragedy

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By jove! Arthur Treacher's opens new store, returning to a former location it built in 1971

1966 Taco Bell, a rare 'mission' building, to close in Scottsdale as historic status is denied to another classic in Santa Barbara

Big news! My book, 'The Great American Retro Road Trip,' is available for preorder

'The Great American Retro Road Trip' by Rolando Pujol is available for pre-order, hits stores June 24

A 1947 Dairy Queen's unsettled future; Neon Park's rescue mission; status check on Taco Bell's Numero Uno; a 'peach' of a roadside relic

Last batch at 1950s Boston donut shop; last call at Wyoming's smallest bar; last gasps for 2 beach motels; hat's all for Arby's sign; cry for help from beloved chili shop

This just in from McDonaldland: Uncle O'Grimacey's Shamrock Shake comeback -- and farewell to a green-roofed mansard McDonald's

McAtlas: A photographer's global odyssey to document McDonald's in over 50 countries

Slicing into culinary history and pop culture on National Pizza Day

Bar fight over famous sign; 'Evil Clown' orphaned; Hellmann's commercial revisits 'Harry Met Sally' fake orgasm scene at Katz's Deli; Punxsutawney Phil's turf | Retrologist Roadside Roundup

The LA fires and the 'erasure of heritage'; Wendy's says G'day; beloved diner imperiled; the 'Fat Boy sings'; Catskills history up in smoke | Retrologist Roadside Roundup

Pizza Hut's 'Hut Lane'; tears for a Chicagoland classic and fears for an old-school Pietro's Pizza location; facelift for a California burger joint's sign | Retrologist Roadside Roundup

Extra Extra: The great Kellogg Bowl just before the wrecking ball arrived