The streamline styling continues throughout the interior of the Tastes 29 Diner's prefabricated section. Here the patterns and materials become more elaborate while still maintaining the predominate color scheme of blue, white, and silver. In addition to the manually-formed stainless steel, the interior includes white marble-pattern formica ceiling and cobalt blue vault end panels, hold in place by stainless steel strips; a light gray with black vein marble used on the main counter and booth tables; high sheen white and blue ceramic tiles; black, white, and dark green terrazzo floors; and blue naugahyde booths. The Diner interior is replete with materials that were state-of-the-art when it was constructed.
Built for convenience and efficiency, the interior is intimate in size and scale. There are six booths along the outside wall and twenty-four stools surrounding the counter. The primary color scheme found in the wall tiles, formica ceiling panels and naugahyde booths is a light blue. Virtually all features of the restaurant area are symmetrical, with only the cashier's podium, placed to one side of the door, breaking the pattern. The vault of the formica-paneled ceiling seems fuselage-like. Its arc is interrupted by the panel area over the back bar grill and either end of the room the ceiling is lowered to accommodate air conditioning duct work. In the center of the vault runs a wide decorative steel panel with mountings for florescent lamps. At either end of this steel spine are original dark brown heating units with cool air vents to either side.
The most prominent material across the back bar area is the hand-formed stainless steel paneling and trim. At either end of the counter there are dull steel plate doors; the rest rooms are found behind the door on the eastern end, while the other door is permanently shut. Easy-to-clean and highly decorative, most of the back bar is sheathed in buffed steel panels that display radiating patterns and appear to compete in brilliance with the beaming formica and glass brick. Complementing this lustrous display is the old stainless steel refrigerator at the west end of the grill, an well an the steel splash panel behind the grill and deep fryer. An unusual faceted stainless steel tube runs the length of the menu panel, above the back bar, and is terminated by caps that bear machine-etched ring*. Smaller versions of this tube ornament are found at either end where-the coiling level changes.
The two sidewalls and the front wall, are finished in ceramic tile. Two rows of blue tile set against white circle the dining area, while tile under the counter has one band of blue. The marble for the counter and the tables is matched, as is the blue naugahyde on the stool tops and booths. The blue naugahyde replaced black leather that may have been original, and was still intact in 1982. The stools have stainless steel sides that are circumscribed by machined lines and are attached to faceted black metal posts.
Other interior highlights include the cashier's counter with a glass display case, formica surfaces and a stainless steel panel base with a formed radiating pattern; vertical stainless steel door surrounds at the entrance that resemble fluted pilasters; flat stainless steel strips in material transition areas and over seams; modern individual table juke boxes connected to a large floor console located at the east end; a modern cigarette machine near the entrance; and two stainless steel frame menu boards posted above the back bar.
The Tastes 29 Diner's architectural interior is enhanced by the very unique curved glass brick corners. At either end, the booths conform to the shape of the glass. Sitting in this space between two vertically mounted florescent lights with the light playing off the blue formica is a blinding delight that can only be had in this Machine Age space.