When the DC Chapter freeped outside the original Walter Reed on Georgia Avenue for seven years, many of us often went to the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring. It was moved off of GA Ave to Cameron Street (a couple of blocks north of Colesville Rd) some years ago due to a land grab by Discovery Communications, but it’s still the best diner around. We used to take many of the recovering soldiers up there. The waitstaff was wonderful to us.
I don’t get over Silver Spring way often, but I do like the Laurel one - especially their coffee. There’s just something about diner coffee; and there’s a very neighborhood feeling that you don’t find in a chain.
My husband has been working on his ham licenses, and he takes the tests up in Laurel. We’ve been stopping at the diner after the tests. It’s also not far from the Amish market (Dutch Country), and the huge thrift store up there.