 While independently owned and operated, it was used by the Lunch Car Company as a "showroom" diner, and a testbed for new features.According to Worcester city records, a diner was operating on the site since at least the late 1930s, although they did not bear the "Miss Worcester" name.In 1948 the Worcester Lunch Car Company manufactured diner #812 for Dino Soteropoulos, delivering it on June 14.