Joseph Peightel
03/10/2017 - 365 Main Street Project – 340 of 365
Something Old – Something New
I like symmetry in life. I like those moments when things seems to come full circle. Thanks to my friend Ray Pomeroy hanging in there and checking out my photos and reading along, and because he’s plugged into the Laurel scene, tonight’s is one of those full circle moments.
There have been a fair number of post throughout the project about Laurel’s capacity to close, tear down, rebuild, pave over, and reinvent. Sometimes we preserve things, and other times it seems as If there is no plan at all. And for frequent readers & viewers… the Foodie Gods know that there hasn’t been a shortage of Diner photos throughout the project.
And so…Some followers might remember this post from Day 15 on April 18th of last year:
“Laurel is a funny town. Similar to New York in the sense that places and institutions are always coming and going. Recently I’ve been dismayed to learn that in the last few weeks, Carol’s Western Wear, The Silver Diner, and The Laurel Theatre on Main Street have either gone out of business or are slated for demolition. But here’s the good news my friends… when Laurel tears down a library, they turn right around and build a better one to hold stories yet to be written.“
Here we are almost a year later with 25 photos left to be found, and still a little bit of the story yet to tell. Indeed…. We did build an open a new and better Library this past year. Carol’s is still looking for a new tenant, as is Belmont TV. Radio Shack became a Firehouse Pizza and Subs. But this… this news right here… this is poetic. Laurel’s getting its own Double T Diner, located where the Silver Diner I was lamenting on April 18th used to be. When Laurel closes a diner, the good people of our town demand a new one, with better burgers and richer, thicker, chocolatier shakes, and late night neon, and meals with friends and family yet to be consumed.
This news from South Laurel Views:
Feb 14, 2017:
The recently vacated location of the former Silver Diner in Laurel, will be filled by a new Double T Diner. The opening date is still pending. This news was inferred from a routine agenda published by the Prince George's County Liquor Board for a public hearing on March 28 to consider Double T Diner's new liquor license application as follows:
"Walter Andino, Member/Manager, for a new Class B, Beer, Wine and Liquor
License for the use of Cuscatlecos, LLC, t/a Laurel Double-T Diner, 14550 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, 20707." (map)
The public Liquor Board hearing will be held at 9200 Basil Court, Room 410, Largo, Maryland 20774, 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
www.southlaurelviews.com/2017/02/update-feb-17-double-t-d...
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/laurel/ph-ll-si...
www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-dying-din...
03/10/2017 - 365 Main Street Project – 340 of 365
Something Old – Something New
I like symmetry in life. I like those moments when things seems to come full circle. Thanks to my friend Ray Pomeroy hanging in there and checking out my photos and reading along, and because he’s plugged into the Laurel scene, tonight’s is one of those full circle moments.
There have been a fair number of post throughout the project about Laurel’s capacity to close, tear down, rebuild, pave over, and reinvent. Sometimes we preserve things, and other times it seems as If there is no plan at all. And for frequent readers & viewers… the Foodie Gods know that there hasn’t been a shortage of Diner photos throughout the project.
And so…Some followers might remember this post from Day 15 on April 18th of last year:
“Laurel is a funny town. Similar to New York in the sense that places and institutions are always coming and going. Recently I’ve been dismayed to learn that in the last few weeks, Carol’s Western Wear, The Silver Diner, and The Laurel Theatre on Main Street have either gone out of business or are slated for demolition. But here’s the good news my friends… when Laurel tears down a library, they turn right around and build a better one to hold stories yet to be written.“
Here we are almost a year later with 25 photos left to be found, and still a little bit of the story yet to tell. Indeed…. We did build an open a new and better Library this past year. Carol’s is still looking for a new tenant, as is Belmont TV. Radio Shack became a Firehouse Pizza and Subs. But this… this news right here… this is poetic. Laurel’s getting its own Double T Diner, located where the Silver Diner I was lamenting on April 18th used to be. When Laurel closes a diner, the good people of our town demand a new one, with better burgers and richer, thicker, chocolatier shakes, and late night neon, and meals with friends and family yet to be consumed.
This news from South Laurel Views:
Feb 14, 2017:
The recently vacated location of the former Silver Diner in Laurel, will be filled by a new Double T Diner. The opening date is still pending. This news was inferred from a routine agenda published by the Prince George's County Liquor Board for a public hearing on March 28 to consider Double T Diner's new liquor license application as follows:
"Walter Andino, Member/Manager, for a new Class B, Beer, Wine and Liquor
License for the use of Cuscatlecos, LLC, t/a Laurel Double-T Diner, 14550 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, 20707." (map)
The public Liquor Board hearing will be held at 9200 Basil Court, Room 410, Largo, Maryland 20774, 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
www.southlaurelviews.com/2017/02/update-feb-17-double-t-d...
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/laurel/ph-ll-si...
www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-dying-din...