At first glance, you’d think that the Twin Barrels café served up a refreshing glass of beer or maybe wine. But judging from that circa 1925 Marmon parked in front, I’m guessing this place was around during the mid 1920s, which means Prohibition. Speakeasies were a liiiiiiiiitle more clandestine than this. The sign in the middle shows Twin Barrels was a more mundane place: hamburgers and sandwiches, chili and tamales, and a malted to wash it all down with. Sounds good to me.
In this vein, I remember a long-closed Mexican restaurant in North Hollywood
on Vineland near the intersection of Riverside Blvd. It was called “La Cana” and I remember wishing I could have visited it when it was open. I usually frequented the video store almost next door. Images of the old restaurant– and it’s recent incarnation can be found here. http://nohoartsdistrict.com/north-hollywood-news-noho/item/2762-la-cana-is-no-longer-idle
At first glance, you’d think that the Twin Barrels café served up a refreshing glass of beer or maybe wine. But judging from that circa 1925 Marmon parked in front, I’m guessing this place was around during the mid 1920s, which means Prohibition. Speakeasies were a liiiiiiiiitle more clandestine than this. The sign in the middle shows Twin Barrels was a more mundane place: hamburgers and sandwiches, chili and tamales, and a malted to wash it all down with. Sounds good to me.
In this vein, I remember a long-closed Mexican restaurant in North Hollywood
on Vineland near the intersection of Riverside Blvd. It was called “La Cana” and I remember wishing I could have visited it when it was open. I usually frequented the video store almost next door. Images of the old restaurant– and it’s recent incarnation can be found here.
http://nohoartsdistrict.com/north-hollywood-news-noho/item/2762-la-cana-is-no-longer-idle
The Idle Hour was the first thing I thought of when I saw this photo, Rich!
This place is featured in the 1935 film “Cocaine Fiends” (original title “The Pace that Kills”) The main characters work and frequent the Twin Barrels