McDonnell’s drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

McDonnell's drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930McDonnell’s was a mini chain of around half a dozen drive-in restaurants around Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th century, when many places like this had very tall towers to help them stand out. This one was at the corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd and when I looked at the signage, I thought “I love the retro font they used.” But then I realized this photo was taken in 1930, so the font wasn’t retro at all — it was current!

I also love the cover of their menu:

McDonnell's Drive-In menu

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4 responses to “McDonnell’s drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930”

  1. William Bergmann says:
    April 23, 2020 at 10:07 am

    Cool find!

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  2. Stephen S Dimmick says:
    April 23, 2020 at 10:21 am

    There’s an Enterprise car rental place on this corner. The building is roughly the same size. I’m wondering if it’s actually the same building. Of course it’s been stripped of anything that resembles this building but I still wonder if it’s the same structure?

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  3. Stephen S Dimmick says:
    April 23, 2020 at 12:24 pm

    After a little bit of research I found that the building there now was built in 1967 🙁

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