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Laurel Little Tavern
Here’s the current status of the Laurel Little Tavern, Now the Laurel Tavern, post remodel. January 2006 March 2007 August 2008 To see some older photos of this one, look at the Diner Hotline, a...
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Tastee Diner, Laurel, Maryland
As far as diners within a reasonable drive go, the Tastee in Laurel is my favorite. Great food, served fast in a nicely designed diner by a rare maker, Comac. The Tastee sits on an island of land...
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Little Taverns past
I went through some my dad’s slide archives and turned up a few more Little Tavern shots. Little Tavern- Laurel, MD now The sign of this one has been rescued and restored. Little Tavern- Silver Spring,...
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Diner Slides- 1976-1988
Some more from the archives, in no particular order. Short Stop Diner, now Irene’s pupusas. Wheaton, MD It’s a 1956 Kullman. The neon was nearly as big as the diner itself, but has since disappeared....
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Laurel Diner
I found another matchbook view of the Laurel Diner, which I believe shows an older diner which the current Comac replaced. If you have any wild guesses as to builder or date of the diner from the...
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Little Tavern Locations past and present
In 1936, there were 14 locations operating in Washington DC. By 1939, there were 21 in Washington. By the 1940s, there were approximately 50 Little Tavern locations in Washington and Baltimore. In...
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Laurel Diner updates
It looks like the Laurel diner (now the Tastee) goes back quite a ways. I’ve found newspaper records of it going back to 1934, when three men an a woman tried to kidnap one of the waiters. The Laurel...
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Outrider’s Diner – Laurel, MD
Outriders Diner was built by Kullman in 1937. It was demolished in 1999. It was located at 9855 Washington Blvd. (Rt. 1) and Whisky Bottom Road, in North Laurel. It was attached to a bar, similar to...
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The Laurel Diner – Laurel, MD
The Laurel Diner opened c.1934. It originally operated in an early Silk City, with an unusual end-door setup. C. 1951/1952, this Silk City was moved to Baltimore to replace an old converted trolley...
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Buy ‘Em By The Bag
Little Tavern’s slogan used to be “Buy ‘Em By The Bag”. I did, and I brought them back to the studio for some product shots. Mug is ’50s vintage. The burgers came from the Laurel Tavern, formerly the...
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