Cheryl and Vince Pierce, the Wyoming couple who purchased the Moondance Diner in 2007, have finally opened its restored doors in LaBarge. This all went down on January 12th, but new photos have come out showing the establishment in all its circa-1984 splendor. more ›

After a long and bumpy journey to get back on its feet, the legendary Moondance Diner is up and running as a reimagined truck stop joint in the town of LaBarge, WY—population: 431. Once an unmissable icon of Sixth Avenue south of Houston, Vince and Cheryl Pierce have had it operating for a month in their hometown where they hauled the diner out to on a flatbed truck two years ago. The Moondance is the only full-time restaurant in LaBarge, a town the News reports has "no stoplights, two police officers, five churches and an outdoor rodeo arena." The mayor of LaBarge told the paper, "Everybody knows everybody around here. We don't have shootings or gangs." The Pierces have attempted to keep the original charm of the diner with its penny-tiled floor from the '30s and vintage milkshake glasses, which have been such a hit that the restaurant ran out of ice cream during its first week. One truck driver said, "It's a bit of culture shock for us. I don't even know where Manhattan is...I'd probably be eating microwave spaghetti tonight if it wasn't here." more ›

The summer of 2007 saw the Moondance Diner get uprooted from 6th Avenue only to be hauled off to LeBarge, Wyoming. After a bit of downtime, the NY Times is reporting that the 1920s-era diner is set to reopen next month. Cheryl Pierce and her husband are the new owners, and have had their fair share of "bumps and glitches" to get over while restoring their purchase, but they are currently aiming for a January 9th grand reopening. The Pierce's also have a blog where they track their progress, it was last updated earlier this month with notes on the Alan Bushbaum "glass block" wall and their own "moon room" addition. The Star-Tribune reports that the menu will include traditional diner fare, "burgers, meatloaf, homemade fries and milkshakes/malts from an antique soda fountain"—you'll just have to travel 2400 miles to get it. more ›

We haven't checked in with the somewhat recently relocated Moondance Diner since September. At that time new photos of it in La Barge, Wyoming (the diner's new home) surfaced, and it wasn't lookin' too pretty. Well it just got worse for the wear. more ›