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Carvel showcases 3 legacy stores to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Flying Saucer treat
Carvel will be selling the ice-cream sandwiches for 75 cents a pop on Friday.
 • Rolando Pujol
A night at Chez Napoléon, Manhattan's soon-to-shutter French classic | Subscriber Extra
Plus, California theater to be demolished; rent hike shutters Brooklyn pizzeria; and Bojangles returns to NYC after almost 40 years
 • Rolando Pujol
Historic Taco Bell in Lafayette, California, closes, leaving only 6 Mission-style franchises
Meanwhile, the oldest surviving location will celebrate its 60th anniversary later this month.
 • Rolando Pujol
Chez Napoléon, a link to the Gallic culinary past of Hell's Kitchen, will say au revoir Jan. 31
Plus, catch up with the Retrologist Roadside Roundup
 • Rolando Pujol
Great Black Friday deal for 'The Great American Retro Road Trip' plus a cornucopia of news for you
A Philly cheesesteak institution to close; an LA donut icon rolls to NYC; reward for stolen beer sign and more updates.
 • Rolando Pujol
Miss America Diner, a Jersey City stalwart, to close on Monday, Nov. 3
New Jersey still has over 500 diners, but their lot is a dwindling one.
 • Rolando Pujol
Kowloon, an icon of roadside kitsch, appears doomed; meet Carvel's forgotten mascot Freezy and Wise Potato Chips' revived Peppy the Owl
Plus, over a dozen more headlines from "The Great American Retro Road Trip."
 • Rolando Pujol
Rare chance to grab relics from 'Roadside America' miniature village; polishing up a California classic; coffee party is over at Boston's…
The Retrologist news update includes the fate of West Virginia fiberglass colossi, a vamoosed Arby's hat and a neon presentation this week I'm hosting.
 • Rolando Pujol
At the Lexington Candy Shop, a sweet memory of Robert Redford
The Upper East Side staple appears in the 1975 film "Three Days of the Condor."
 • Rolando Pujol
The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol
The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol
Rolando Pujol is the creator of The Retrologist and the author of "The Great American Retro Road Trip." He is an executive producer at WABC-TV and a longtime newspaper and TV journalist.
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