Paramount Dining Car Company was a manufacturer of stainless steel modular diners that was one of several such manufactures based in New Jersey. The company, founded by Arthur E. Sieber, was originally based in
Haledon, New Jersey
Haledon ( ) is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9,052, an increase of 734 (+8.8%) from the 2010 census count of 8,318, which in turn reflected an in ...
, and later relocated its facilities to
Oakland, New Jersey
Oakland is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of New York City. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 12,754,United States Patent Office on July 1, 1941, for his design of a portable diner that could be built in parts and assembled at a separate location.
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Diners built by the company include
White Manna
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Jersey City, New Jersey
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and was then relocated to its site on Tonnelle Avenue ( U.S. Route 1/9) after the fair was over. The Jersey City White Mana, an "N" was lost on the sign and the name left with one "N" rather than two, was designated by the city as a local landmark in 1997 to ensure its preservation.The White Mana Diner New Jersey City University Jersey City Past and Present. Accessed January 29, 2024. "The futuristic Art Deco-style White Mana Diner was made by Paramount Diners of Oakland, NJ, as was the White Manna Diner in Hackensack. Its founder Arthur E. Sieber began Paramount in Haledon, NJ, during the Depression.... On March 24, 1997, the Jersey City Historic Preservation Committee declared the diner a local landmark. The decision helps secure the preservation of the White Mana Diner and its signage from future developers and demolition."
Rosie's Diner
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Little Ferry, New Jersey
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'', July 12, 2022. Accessed January 29, 2024. "Rosie’s Diner, once a gleaming, chrome-plated Little Ferry landmark made famous in paper towel commercials, now sits closed and decaying along a Michigan roadside. The diner, built in the 1940s by Paramount Diner Co. of Oakland, was a favorite stop among truckers and locals looking for a cup of coffee, a plate of goulash or a late-night cheeseburger. But it gained national fame when Procter & Gamble Co. chose it as the setting for its long-running Bounty commercials.... When Ralph 'Tex' Corrado opened Rosie's as the Silver Dollar Diner at the Route 46 Little Ferry traffic circle in 1945, it was one of many such eateries dotting the North Jersey landscape."Aetna Diner, located in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of
Hartford, Connecticut
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, was built in 1947 by Paramount Diners and assembled on site in 1948, after the diner was shipped as three prefabricated stainless steel sections that were assembled on site. The diner was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.Registration Form" Aetna Diner National Register of Historic Places. Accessed January 29, 2024. "The Aetna Diner is a prefabricated, stainless-steel diner located on its original site at the corner of Farmington Avenue and Laurel Street in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. Paramount Dining Cars, Inc. manufactured this custom diner in their Haledon, New Jersey factory in 1947. Paramount utilized their patented prefabrication technique to manufacture the diner in three longitudinal sections known as cells, which were individually transported to Hartford in 1948."