Before fast food chains, downtown diners offered quick, simple fare to movie-goers and shoppers as well as office workers. One option, the Rainbow Diner, stood at the corner of North Main and English Streets, beside the offices of the High Point Enterprise. Until the diner's closure in 1960, it was one of several restaurants located at that intersection. In 1956, when this photograph was taken, the Eagle Sandwich Shop and the Princess Cafe stood on the opposite side of the street.

Gift of the High Point Enterprise.

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