Elyssa Ellis & Courtland Hanley
Intro to Multimedia Storytelling
Dan Williams
Due 10/23/13
Audio Slideshow - Anthony’s Diner
After our original plan to do
an audio slideshow on Paddy Cakes & Candy fell through, we set our
sights on Saint Johnsbury Academy’s Hilltopper Restaurant. The
Hilltopper soon fell through as well, as they are only
open three days a week, for less than two hours.
After driving around Saint
Johnsbury, we decided to set our sights on Anthony’s Diner. We came back
to campus, and looked at some reviews to see what people had to say
about the place. People seemed to love the atmosphere,
the service, and most of all, the food.
At the age of 24, Anthony
Proia opened his own restaurant, Anthony's Diner, in Saint Johnsbury,
Vermont. A year later he would marry his wife, and in 1979 the couple
relocated to Railroad Street in Saint Johnsbury.
34 years, and hundreds of
thousands of customers later, Anthony's Diner is one of the most popular
diners in Vermont. Known best for their Woodsman Burger, Anthony's
Diner stresses the use of fresh, local produce,
including grass-fed beef from New England in all of their burgers.
Anthony's interest in the
food industry dates back to his teenage years. Anthony worked in hotels,
dairy barns and diners throughout Connecticut, before moving to Saint
Johnsbury to work at his grandmothers' grocery
store.
Anthony would then go out on
his own, opening Anthony's Diner on June 6th, 1975. They started with
fewer than a dozen employees, open from 8am-11pm daily, before expanding
to a 2am close-time on weekends.
While the menu has changed a
half-dozen times since the opening, the Woodsman Burger has been a
staple on the menu all along. The Woodsman burger is a six ounce pattie,
with American cheese, mayonaisse, two slices
of Applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion. The burger was
originally $3.75, but the price has climbed to $9.95.
The Woodsman Burger is so
famous, fans from as far as Australia have come to try the burger.
Anthony recalls a specific time two months ago, when six people from
Australia who had heard about the burger through facebook
came to visit Anthony's, and before they sat down, they already had
their orders placed.
Anthony's Diner serves
between 250-1000 people daily, with their busiest time of the week being
weekday lunches, and Friday nights. As far as the busiest time of year,
Anthony says that from June until mid-October,
the restaurant is almost always full.
If Anthony wasn't the owner of a restaurant, he would still be in the food industry, likely as food service salesman for Sysco.
Photos: Elyssa Ellis
Photo Editing: Elyssa Ellis
Audio: Courtland Hanley
Soundslides Editing: Elyssa Ellis
Text: Courtland Hanley
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