Bel Aire Diner

Diner · Astoria

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"The charmingly chintzy, seafoam-green, neo-Art Deco Bel Aire Diner, which was built in Astoria, Queens, in 1965, has been open all twenty-four hours of every single day since it was purchased, in 1996, by a Greek-American couple named Archie and Patty Dellaportas." - Hannah Goldfield

A Diner Turned Drive-In in Queens | The New Yorker
Photograph by Jerome Strauss for The New Yorker

31-91 21st St, Astoria, NY 11106 Get directions

belairediner.nyc

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