They are no ordinary restaurants, they are American classics...we're talking about the old-fashioned diner.

The first diner in Providence was a horse-drawn wagon.  The idea caught on, and through the decades dozens of meals -on-wheels popped up in New England.

But once fast food restaurants came along, many diners failed to compete.  Others like 'The Ever Ready' kept buzzing until the street land became too valuable.

The once famous local diner on Charles Street finally found a resting place The Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales where Richard Gutman is giving the old treasure a makeover.

ABC 6 reporter Julie Ruditzky takes us back in time...