I gave this to my Dad today for his birthday. It took a lot of cleaning up- it was pretty caked from years of grease and dust, but it looks pretty good now.
It seems these were produced from 1963 until 1968 or so.
Seeburg consolette
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Waffle Shop
From a 2008 visit. Full post here.
The building’s now being used as a t-shirt shop.
The waffle shop has set up shop just a few doors down the street and appears to be doing good business.
Misc. Washington DC
Some things I ran across while I was down at the Library of Congress and looking for former Little Tavern Sites.
Yes! Organic market. I can’t tell if this is a refurbished and altered old neon on
J.J. Mutt’s Liquors
Penn Theater
18th Amendment bar
Tune Inn Restaurant
Hawk ‘n’ Dove
Elevator in the Library of Congress
Popcorn truck- another offshoot of the Lunch Wagon.
Department store
Central Liquor
Oriental Building Association
Corner of a building in downtown.
Artinger Custom Guitars
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Amazing guitars built by Matt Artinger
I have a tenor in the works. Flamed sapele Martin 1-18 style body.
Little Tavern Washington No. 20
I walked over to this one, now the Li’l Pub while I was waiting for the Library of Congress to open. The exterior, though painted, is well preserved, still even retaining its leaded glass windows. Inside appears to have been altered substantially to make it more functional as a bar.
Detailing around the door.
Sides still white
655 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. Washington, DC 20003
Permit no. 20864 issued 11/26/1937 , architect Frank B. Proctor, Estimated Cost $5000.
Little Tavern Washington No. 22
While doing research at the Madison building of the Library of Congress, I happened across this picture, taken c.1940 of a Little Tavern located at 33-1/2 Independence Ave (more or less), which is the same location as the building in which I was doing my research. Construction started on the James Madison Memorial building in 1971.
Great picture of a Little Tavern. I find it interesting that it appears there is no signage. I would guess this was taken before it opened?
I also love the building next door and the dark colored vitrolite (or maybe its enamel) that wraps the entire lot and the building next door.
Little Tavern: Washington no. 7
I went and hunted down the site of Washington No. 7 today, which opened on December 23, 1931. From the size of the tree growing up through the vacant lot, I would say its been gone for a while at this point. The building itself is gone, but the outline of the signature Little Tavern roof is still visible on the wall of the building next door. The brick basement is all still there, covered by a steel framework which I would assume was the floor of the LT. And what’s this I see? Green enameled steel roof tiles? Too bad they’re a story beneath street level and behind a plywood construction fence.
This entire section of G street looks like its waiting to be torn down or otherwise redeveloped. The buildings to the left are all vacant. The Hahn / Florsheim shoe store in the old bank building is also gone, though it seems the National Bank of Washington still occupies it and the buildings seem to have fallen on hard times. For those who don’t know the area, it’s all high priced offices and condos around this cluster.
The vacant lot
Next door to the National Bank of Washington
ghost of an LT
Sorry for the crappy pic- I may be tall, but the eight foot plywood fence is taller, and getting pictures through the 1/2″ gap between two of the panels just wasn’t happening. This is the steel framing over a brick foundation and basement. Lots of tree going on.
Rusty green tiles from the Little Tavern green roof.
Washington no. 7 was (is?) located at
1344 G street northwest Washington DC
Washington DC Little Tavern Updates
I went to the Library of Congress today and filled in some big holes in my locations.
Washington No. 8, built 1932 was relocated in 1936 or ’37 to 1309 New York Ave. NE, then moved again in 1956 to 1251 New York Ave NE.
Washington No. 9 was located at 5100 Georgia Ave NW
Washington No. 11 was probably located on Benning Rd.
Washington No. 18 was located at 1708 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington No. 19 was located at 1326 New York Ave. NW
Washington no. 20 was located at 655 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Washington no. 21 was located at 1301/1303 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington no. 22 was located at 133-1/2 Independence Ave NW
Diners: A New Image
Maryland Diner Tour- 1981
Lots of searching finally paid off- now I have an address on Outrider’s Diner, as well as a more recent pic of it and the State Diner.
Outrider’s Diner- It doesn’t seem there’s anything left.
State Diner- Moved from Laurel. Unfortunately remodeled sometime after 1981
A color picture taken by David Wilson in 1979, showing the diner in color.
Tastee Laurel
Opened in the early 1930s. Replaced with a Comac. The number of windows in the illustration of the original diner, the doors on the ends and date it was moved make me think that the State may have been the original Laurel Diner.
Tastee Bethesda
Tastee Silver Spring
Diner Hunter 