During the heyday of LA’s drive-in restaurants (roughly 1930s to 1960s—would you agree?) one of the biggest chains was Stan’s, who at one point had over a dozen locations. Four of them were on Sunset Blvd (which is a very long street), and one of them is the restaurant pictured here. This is the Stan’s that stood on the southeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Ave in Hollywood, which put it kitty-corner from Hollywood High School. That neon sign must have really stood out at night, and I love those three public phone booths next to it. This photo is circa 1966.

Craig B. said: “I believe the photo is from 1966. Tom Lynch ran for AG that year, and won.”

Gary H. said: “Stanley Burke started his chain of diners at in Sacramento in 1934. He expanded to Bakersfield and Fresno, and in 1951 he bought 12 existing Simon’s diners as founder Mike Lyman (formerly Simon) retired (and passed away the following year). This was one of those.”

This is roughly how that view looked in June 2024. It still has a restaurant on it, and the building behind it, which in the 60s housed the Sunset-Highland Recording Studios is still there.