Chicago, Illinois: The Silver Palm: Railroad Car Restaurant (Closed)
A 1947 railroad dining car, preserved for your (stationary) retro dining pleasure. One change from 1947: no smoking.
The Silver Palm
- Directions:
- The Silver Palm. Just east of the I-90/I-94 expressway, on the south side of N. Ogden Ave. between N. Aberdeen St. and N. Milwaukee Ave.
- Hours:
- Sept. 2-18: Restaurant closed.
- Status:
- Closed
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The Silver Palm restaurant uses an actual railroad dining car as its dining room.
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The 1947 dining car was used on The Silver Palm, a train that ran from New York City to Miami. It became a stationary restaurant in Chicago in 2003, and still looks the way it did nearly 70 years ago, inside and out.