Chet’s Diner on Route 20 was a popular late night spot for many years. It was built on site, around 1931, and looks like what is called a Worcester Diner. I found these photos at an estate sale a few years ago. The photographer seems to have stopped at Chets after an evening out in Boston, around 1940. 
Here are some interior views. 
Many years ago, Nobscot Cleaners seemed to be everywhere in Framingham. The store I remember well, was the one on Route 30 in between the Cock a Doodle Doo and the aero-moderne gas station. You know the block of stores that never seem to be open, with the sign in the window that says “refurbrished laptops.” Nobscot Cleaners had a huge neon sign in front, and if memory serves me right, usually huge neon signs on top of every building they owned.
Back in the day when Cinemas had ushers in uniform, Nobscot Cleaners was the place to go every Tuesday. The crew would leave their uniforms (sport coat, and tux pants) in the office, so that the Manager could drop them off at Nobscot to be cleaned in time for the next weekend.
I don’t know what happened to all the Nobscot Cleaners, but they’re all gone. I wish I had a photo, but the only thing I could find, was a lonely coat hanger with the paper label still attached. Here it is. 
