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Case Study · An Origin Story

The heartbeat of Titusville didn't have a website.

Missy's Arcade  ·  Titusville, PA  ·  Since 2001

For twenty-five years, Missy's reputation lived in the booths — regulars, word of mouth, and a coffee cup that never ran empty. This is the story of building her first website, and making it feel like walking through her door.

01 · The diner

A gathering place, not just a diner.

Born and raised in Titusville, Missy Wescoat opened the doors on March 5, 2001, at just twenty-nine — she got her restaurant start at The Skillet, the lunch counter inside True Value Hardware. What she built is bigger than a diner: a gathering place where the coffee keeps coming and your waitress remembers your name.

02 · The problem

Twenty-five years of reputation. Zero web presence.

Everyone in town knows Missy's. But for everyone else — visitors, new families, anyone searching for breakfast in Titusville — there was nothing to find. No menu online, no hours, no story. A quarter century of reputation, invisible to the internet.

The Build

The website & the menus.

The Website The Missy's Arcade homepage: 'A Titusville Tradition Since 2001,' with the diner's red-booth, vintage-neon personality carried into the design.
Her first website — the diner's personality, carried online.
The Menus The illustrated Missy's Arcade breakfast menu cover: Missy as a 1950s diner character in a poodle skirt, surrounded by red booths and Coca-Cola memorabilia.
The breakfast menus — rolled out to a big response.

Before

A beloved diner with no online home at all.

The Build

A first-ever website and a full menu redesign, shaped around the personality regulars already loved.

After

Findable, shareable, and unmistakably Missy's — online at last.

03 · The part that can't be copied

Pink, neon, and "mind your own biscuits."

Walk into Missy's and you know exactly where you are: Coca-Cola memorabilia on every wall, vintage neon, bright pink everywhere, and hand-lettered sayings like "Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy."

A template couldn't hold that much personality — so the site doesn't use one. It got a "Today's Specials" whiteboard like the one by her register, a polaroid wall of snapshots and smiles, and a Supporting Local section for the custom tabletops that celebrate Titusville's own businesses. It doesn't just describe the diner. It feels like it.

Mind your own biscuits, and life will be gravy.

04 · What was built

Her story, finally online.

  1. Her first websiteStory-first and personality-true — the history, the vibe, the booths, since 2001.
  2. Menu designBreakfast and lunch menus, illustrated to match the diner — the new breakfast menus rolled out to a big response.
  3. Today's Specials boardA whiteboard on the site, just like the one by the register.
  4. Snapshots & SmilesA polaroid wall of the faces and moments that make the place.
  5. Supporting LocalA home for her custom tabletops celebrating Titusville businesses and artists.
★★★★★
When Chrissy did my menus and built my website, it was like she just KNEW me. The new breakfast menus rolled out and they were a BIG hit. I'm recommending her to every business owner I know.
— Missy, Missy's Arcade  ·  Titusville, PA

Twenty-five years of heart, finally online.

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