Laurel Diner updates

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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 diner has also had a liquor license going back as far as September of 1939.

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I’m fairly confident this is a drawing of the actual diner and not just period clip art. Assuming that’s the case, can anyone make an id or at least a guess as to manufacturer, if it dates from a 1934 or a bit before?

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The Village Grille / Spike’s Diner – Rockville, Maryland

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I’ve been looking for this one on and off since about 2004 with no luck. Turns out its attached to the Rockville ice rink which is a bit off of a minor road in an industrial park and is impossible to see until you’re right on top of it. It’s a Kullman and according to Richard Gutman’s The American Diner Then and Now, it’s from 1997.

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50 Southlawn Ct. Rockville MD.

Alexandria VA Little Tavern

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828 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia
Built of brick in 1940 (Building Permit #2542, 5/22/1940)
Resurfaced with porcelain enamel panels 1959 (Building Permit #15009, 5/27/1959).
1993- Friendly Tavern (BAR Case #93-8, 1/6/1993)
1994- Hogs on the Hill (BAR Case #94-104, 10/5/1994).
1995 – Jerry’s Subs (BAR Case #95-189, 12/20/95)
2005- Merry’s Subs Pizza (BAR Case #2005-00226, 10/19/2005)
2008- Asian Wok Cafe