Dunning Street Station Closes, Sale Pending

MALTA — After a series of temporary closures last month, the Dunning Street Station restaurant on Route 9 is now permanently closed, with a sale pending on the 1950s-era Fodero Dining Car building.

In an interview with the Times Union, Dunning Street co-owner Scott Ringwood said that his Malta eatery faced kitchen staffing shortages, and that he could no longer continue running both Dunning Street and his Lake Ridge Restaurant in Round Lake.

Dunning Street Station had previously closed its doors the weekend of May 17-18 and the week of May 12, leading to speculation that the restaurant would soon close for good.

The diner on Route 9 has a long history of prior owners stretching back to the early 1950s, when it first opened as the Malta Ridge Diner. In the 1970s, it was a filming location for “My Old Man,” a made-for-TV drama about a horse trainer that was based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway.

The Fodero Dining Car Company manufactured many of the stainless steel, art deco-inspired diners scattered throughout the country, including the famous Empire Diner on 10th Avenue in Manhattan.