Historical clue formulations

• Many a 24-hour eatery — 2026-04-29
• Where French fries are "frog sticks" — 2026-01-03
• Locale known for its slang — 2023-04-27
• Scene in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" — 2021-09-02
• Where a "houseboat" is a banana split — 2021-05-15
• Certain train car — 2021-03-16
• Casual eatery — 2016-01-25
• Establishment with booths — 2015-09-29
• Building with many sides — 2013-05-25
• Eatery — 2012-04-17
• One giving an order — 2011-04-10
• Where hash is "slung" — 2010-10-13
• Setting for Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" — 2006-03-25
• Car on a train — 2005-12-07
• One in a booth, maybe — 2004-10-17
• Eatery — 2004-02-17
• Place for hash browns — 2003-04-29
• "Adam and Eve on a raft" site — 2003-04-23
• Where rye is "whiskey" — 2002-02-06
• Railroad car — 2001-06-09
• Converted railroad car, maybe — 2001-03-28
• Roadside establishment — 2001-02-16
• Refurbished caboose, maybe — 2000-12-07
• 24-hour eatery, maybe — 2000-11-20
• Where to work on the side — 2000-08-25
• Hash house — 1999-05-16
• Mel's on "Alice," for one — 1997-04-21
• Informal eatery — 1996-02-26
• Eatery — 1995-10-19
• Nostalgic film of 1982 — 1994-08-21
• 1982 Barry Levinson film — 1994-04-10