Because the Schwab’s Pharmacy at 8024 Sunset Blvd near Crescent Heights received all the attention and notoriety, it can be easy to forget that there were at least five other Schwab’s locations that I’ve been able to identify. And now we can add this one, although to be fair, it was just a restaurant without the pharmacy section. It was at 9201 Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood, right near where the western end of the Strip as it curves into Beverly Hills. The vehicles in this photo suggest it was taken circa mid-1960s, which seems about right because it was around then that Schwab’s underwent a makeover / renovation / updating with that new (Googie-esque) logo we can see in this picture.
Hamburger Hamlet took over this location in the late 1960s and was there for several decades. This image is from August 2022.
Talk about renovation! Take the cab, power plant, and front axle of a pickup truck and shove it all back into the rear of a long-bed and Ford’s got some new utility vehicle. Amazing idea, probably gleaned from looking at the result of a collision with a telephone pole. A plumber’s dream machine. Pipe rack optional.