2 men charged with 1st-degree murder in Silver Spring shooting

Perspective | Last call for Silver Spring’s Tastee Diner

After 88 years — and one crosstown move — the venerable diner closed suddenly.

Tastee Diner Has Suddenly Closed in Silver Spring

Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring, one of the area's longest running 24-hour diners, will sling 3 AM pancakes no more. At 2 PM today, March 22, it abruptly and permanently closed. Employees at the Silver Spring and Bethesda locations confirmed the shutdown, but did not provide any further details about it. The closure was

Silver Spring Landmark Tastee Diner Closes After More Than 70 Years

The Tastee Diner, a fixture in Silver Spring, Maryland, since the 1940s, suddenly closed its doors for the last time Wednesday afternoon.

Silver Spring’s famous Tastee Diner sold to make way for new residential project

“It’s been a market that we’ve been intrigued by for a while,” developer said.

2 men charged with 1st-degree murder in Silver Spring shooting

Two Maryland men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Silver Spring, Maryland, earlier this month which left a 20-year-old dead. Brian Gaitan-Sanchez, 20, of Bladensburg, and Javier Reyes, 21, of Silver Spring, were charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of 20-year-old Walter Woods, of Takoma Park. More Montgomery County News More Crime News In a news release, police said on March 7, at around 9 p.m., officers were c…

Long-time Silver Spring staple diner to close after over 70 years

Tastee Diner in Silver Spring, where locals have been gathering since it opened in 1946, will close its doors Wednesday afternoon. The diner, located at 8601 Cameron St., will close Wednesday at 2 p.m., an employee confirmed. No reason was provided, and many employees didn’t know it was happening until Wednesday morning. The diner has become a staple of the neighborhood and was declared a historic landmark by the Montgomery County Council in 199…