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A typical blue-plate special board, from the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire. A blue-plate special is a discount-priced meal that changes daily. The practice was common from the 1920s in American and Canadian restaurants through the 1950s, especially in diners and greasy spoons.
Blueplate was a lunch counter and soda fountain [1] at the intersection of Third Avenue and Washington Street, [2] [3] in downtown Portland's Dekum Building. Karen Brooks of The Oregonian called the restaurant a "tiny, adorable outpost of apothecary chic", and described an "old-fashioned" counter with swivel stools and shelves stocking powders, "potions" and other "mysterious" liquids. [4]
Similar concepts include the Hawaiian plate lunch, which features a variety of entrée choices with fixed side items of white rice and macaroni salad, [7] and the southern Louisiana plate lunch, which features menu options that change daily. [8] It is somewhat similar to a blue-plate special but with a more fixed menu. [9]
Santa Monica's Blue Plate Restaurant Group (Blue Plate Oysterette, Blue Plate Taco) expanded east with Tacolina, a Baja-inspired restaurant on the lush patio that previously housed De Buena Planta ...
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Description: Typical sectional blue plate used for "blue plate specials", as used at the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire; note that this plate accommodates only two (rather than the standard three) side dishes in addition to the meat course that typically occupies the largest section.