The Parkway Diner was originally expected to reopen in May after the diner's owner George Hatgen took it back over from the Alvanos family who had run it for a decade. However, it is now looking like it will be the middle of July at the earliest, reported Peter Hatgigiannis, Hatgen's son and a member of the corporation involved in refurbishing the historic diner.

The renovations include new storage space in the rear of the diner along with a much-needed update and overall freshening up, said Hatgigiannis. "We're trying to get it prestigious again," he said. "We love this diner and we want to make it all nice and new and clean, but it's hard to get the right stuff with historic accuracy."

Originally published online here: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007706280350