Hot Rod Night

Classic cars cruise up to the old-time diner every week

You can have your shoes repaired, buy a cheap TV, peruse the gifts at Smokey the Bandit's, find a reptile or practice archery indoors at the Maplewood Plaza on Union Avenue. Heck, you can get your clock cleaned. But of all of the eclectic items you can buy and see at the center, the business that makes its presence known colorfully and audibly on a regular basis is the Happy Dayz Diner. On Thursday nights--the diner's busiest night of the week--dozens of old, souped-up cars cram into the parking lot. They sit there for a few hours while their owners walk around, admiring other owners' shiny new paint jobs and gleaming chrome. Hoods are propped open, and the sterile, winding, freshly scrubbed innards of engines are presented to onlookers.   More

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