The original establishment was famous for its pies which were for many years baked by Theresa Redding.

[3] The diner was founded in 1951 by Elmer and Grace Paxton for their son Lee who was returning from military service.

They bought a Mountain View prefabricated stainless steel diner (serial no.

[6] After a series of inspection failures and dwindling business, the diner was leased in June 2018 to Teddy Petropoulos, who made improvements and re-opened the establishment the following month as Vicky's Diner, naming it after his youngest daughter.

[10] After reopening as US 30 Diner in September 2019,[11] the property was again cited for several health code violations in November,[12][13] and with a follow-up inspection given 90 days to "obtain or register with a food safety certification course".