Crowds from every corner of Tasmania make pilgrimages every week to a small eatery close to the banks of the Meander River.
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The diner, unlike any other, is kitted out with an innumerable number of pieces of memorabilia and antiques all straight out of 1950s America.
Everything on display at Cruzin in the 50’s Diner was originally made in the time of Buddy Holly, classic cars and malted milkshakes, ensuring unrivalled authenticity.
In every inch you will find every type of trinket, knick-knack or antique you could think of – from 1955 Texaco petrol bowsers to original Bugs Bunny figures.
The monetary value of everything on display at Cruzin in the 50’s?
“It would be half-a-million without even trying,” co-owner Karl Mansfield revealed.
“Some of those [petrol] bowsers are worth $20,000 each.”
The diner started after Mr Mansfield’s enormous collection of memorabilia remained unsold at his former antiques store, according to co-owner Kathy Clark.
With a veritable treasure trove of antiques in their possession, the couple decided to create something that existed nowhere else in Tasmania.
For Mr Mansfield, the diner is a nostalgic representation of an era of greater simplicity and social harmony.
“I just love the era – it was a fun, casual time when life was simpler, with no phones and no internet,” he said.
“Our biggest clientele are older people in their 50s, 60s, 70s, because they love coming in and reminiscing, and its just a part of what they used to have.
“We’re keeping things here how it used to be – the old Australia.”
Ms Clark said the diner attracted people from across the globe.
“Most people come in and just go, ‘wow’ and then they look at the toilets and they go, ‘wow’ again,” she said.
“We get a lot of tourists coming through and a lot of people from Hobart, Devonport, Launceston and people who travel just to come get a burger.
“We get quite a few Americans, or we get people who say, ‘I’ve been here, there and everywhere, but this is a really good American diner’.”
The couple’s eclectic collection of memorabilia is not stagnant.
Every year they travel to the US and engage in what Ms Clark describes as an American Pickers-type adventure. Travelling to small towns in California, Texas and Nevada, the pair hunt for lost treasures, filling containers worth of items to ship back home.
Their next trip is in August.
“[One of best finds] was when we found a Coca Cola counter – probably 12-foot long, a fridge attached, curved,” Mr Mansfield recalled.