Goody Goody Diner

The recent announcement that Goody Goody Diner was being sold cause a ripple of anxiety among certain of us. The first time I ever went was around 1970, and my primary memory was of it being a hangout for the St. Louis Police Department's Mobile Reserve, making it safer even than Crown Candy. It's expanded since then - in many ways - and now is a St. Louis institution. Here's what I said about it in the May issue of St. Louis Magazine.