We Invite you to Discover the Legend Behind the Diner! In 1929 in an old railroad car in Wakefield, VA, the Virginia Diner began serving delicious southern homestyle meals to hungry travelers...meals that featured tasty Virginia peanuts. Soon the patrons began to buy these Virginia peanuts to take home, and to give as gifts -- peanuts that were, and still are, the largest and freshest peanuts ...