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Cedarwood Restaurant

by Chris Stewart
The Cedarwood Restaurant on East Main Street, just on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky, has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. One long table, known as the Liars Table, is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
Cedarwood Restaurant waitress Katie Myers, 20, pours non-stop coffee for old-timers at the Liars Table. The Cedarwood Restaurant is on East Main Street on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky. It has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. The Liars Table is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
The Cedarwood Restaurant on East Main Street, just on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky, has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. One long table, known as the Liars Table, is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
Cedarwood Restaurant regular GL Thompson enjoys a bottomless cup of coffee at the Liars Table. The Cedarwood Restaurant is on East Main Street on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky. It has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. The Liars Table is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
Cedarwood Restaurant waitress Kelli Cecil (cq), 20, is stopped in her tracks by Paige Beavers, 11-months-old, daughter of restaurant manager Randy Turpin. The Cedarwood Restaurant is on East Main Street on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky. It has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. One long table, known as the Liars Table, is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
Joe Pittman smokes his pipe while sitting on his favorite stool at the Cedarwood Restaurant on East Main Street, just on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky. The restaurant has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. One long table, known as the Liars Table, is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
Al Turpin and Jessie Mattingly get cozy in a booth at the Cedarwood Restaurant on East Main Street on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon in central Kentucky. The couple have been friends and neighbors for 45 years. After they both lost their spouses, they began dating five years ago. "In winter our neighbors have noticed the path between our homes," laughed Jessie. The Cedarwood has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. One long table, known as the Liars Table, is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.
Steve and Cristie Deering and their son Trae, four-years-old (all cq), are regulars at the Cedarwood Restaurant on East Main Street, just on the outskirts of the quiet town of Lebanon, in central Kentucky. "Trae's been coming in with us since he was a baby," says Steve. The restaurant has a loyal local clientele and has been a popular gathering place since 1956. Many customers have been coming into the breakfast, lunch and dinner diner for thirty years or more. One long table, known as the Liars Table, is almost continuously occupied from morning to night by a cast of characters drawn from the Lebanon community. As one customer finishes his coffee and stories and departs, another takes his place.

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