National Kanteen and Magnus Root Beer restaurant and Texaco gas station, 766 Vine St, Hollywood, circa late 1920s

National Kanteen Operating Co as a restaurant and Texaco, 766 Vine St, Hollywood, circa mid-1920sAlthough 766 Vine Street is in the heart of Hollywood (just south of Waring Ave), I love how small-town-local this photo feels. It’s probably from the very late 1920s, and shows us a two-pump Texaco gas station teamed with a Magnus Root Beer restaurant. Personally, I do love me some root beer, but I’m not sure how you build a restaurant around it. It all looks very new so maybe this was taken on opening day.

That site is now occupied by a restaurant called The Oinkster. (This image is from May 2019.)

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4 responses to “National Kanteen and Magnus Root Beer restaurant and Texaco gas station, 766 Vine St, Hollywood, circa late 1920s”

  1. Rich Ramsey says:

    I would have filled up at the gravity pumps then headed over to Magnus to flirt with the two hostesses and slake my thirst. What a perfect era to live in L.A.

  2. Al Donnelly says:

    Huh? If this is Vine, why do there appear to be rail tracks in the road?

  3. John says:

    The Oinkster? Yuk, another crappy building which was formally a cute building. LA should be ashamed.

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