One day in 1941, a delivery was made to 893 Broadway. The brand new Silk City diner that arrived that day was shipped from the Patterson, New Jersey factory where it was made complete with all the counters stools and furnishings.

Through the years, Miss Albany Diner has remained in a remarkably good state of preservation and has not undergone the remodeling that many diners have suffered with changing decorative and dining styles.  Following its 1986 restoration in preparation for the filming of the Albany-based movie Ironweed, the diner reopened under its current name. 

The diner’s owner Cliff Brown, proud of Miss Albany’s architectural integrity and historic significance, last year undertook the task of listing it on the National Register of Historic Places. The Miss Albany, at sixty-one years old, is the newest building in Albany listed individually on the National Register.