Natick By the Numbers: Casey's Diner

It's all about the numbers. Each week on Natick Patch, we will feature numbers you should know about your town, from costs of construction projects, to town employee salaries to high school sports team statistics.

This week, we're featuring :

1890 the year Casey's opened for business

121 the number of years Casey's has been serving Natick

4 the number of stools in the original diner

10 the current number of bar stools inside the lunch car

1984 the year the Pat Casey, son of current owner and great-grandson of founder, began working at the diner

1922 the year the family sold the original diner car to buy the current one

1976 the year the business moved to its current location from Washington Street

5 the number of cents it cost for a pie, hotdog or coffee when the business opened

3 the time Casey's used to close in the morning when the last trolley for the factory workers returned to Boston

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