[1] Tastee Diner serves a wide variety of authentic American food, with a heavy emphasis on breakfast, and pie.

As of April 2017[update], owner Gene Wilkes had informal talks about selling the property to the developer of Marriott Hotels & Resorts's new $600 million headquarters, to be located on the same block.

[4] The Silver Spring location was originally installed in 1935 at the corner of Wayne Ave. and Georgia Ave., and was built by the Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company.

In June 2000, the front section of the diner was moved to a new location on Cameron St. in a scene immortalized in Bill Griffith's comic-strip, Zippy the Pinhead.

The building has a 3-bay structure, with its stainless steel rectangle attached to a yellow brick kitchen and service wing.

[11] Diner supporters have called upon the City of Laurel to purchase the building and possibly relocate it to a vacant city-owned lot on Main Street, where it can benefit from becoming part of the Historic District.