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Harry Carpenter’s drive-in 6290 Sunset Blvd at Vine St, Hollywood, April 1942
Ah, to have been around during L.A.’s drive-in restaurant era! Especially seeing as how they lit them up like this one. This is Harry Carpenter’s drive-in 6290 Sunset Blvd at Vine St in April 1942 – but in a way, … Continue reading
Simon’s Drive-in restaurant, El Monte, California, 1940s
I’ve long known about the Simon’s Drive-in restaurant, which sat at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, but only recently did I learn of one in El Monte, directly east of downtown L.A. I love this fantastically atmospheric night shot … Continue reading
Club Casanova, 8383 Sunset Boulevard, 1936.
Club Casanova opened at 8383 Sunset Boulevard in August 1936. I don’t know how classy it was, but they went to the trouble of putting twin topiaries outside the front door, so it must have been at least half classy. … Continue reading
Fred Harvey Restaurant and Travel Center, 1743 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, opened 1939
The Fred Harvey restaurants were a nationwide chain of places to eat and refresh train-weary travelers back in the heyday of rail travel. (See: “The Harvey Girls” MGM (1946) starring Judy Garland) Sometimes there would be a hotel attached for … Continue reading
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Simon’s drive-in restaurant, corner Wilshire Blvd and Hoover St., 1939
In the 1930s, 40s & 50s, Los Angeles was dotted with drive in restaurants like this one—Carpenters, Delores, Scrivner’s, Herbert’s. This is Simon’s drive-In, which stood on the corner Wilshire Blvd and Hoover Street, opposite Lafayette Park, and a couple … Continue reading
Hollywood map on cover of luncheon menu from the Vine Street Brown Derby restaurant, 1951
I love it when my lunch menu doubles as a map to all the important places around Hollywood, including all four Brown Derby restaurants, which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering this was the lunch menu at the Vine Street … Continue reading
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Pokey’s, corner of Beverly & Santa Monica Blvds, 1955
I don’t know what the food was like at Pokey’s on the corner of Beverly & Santa Monica Blvds, but from the looks of this photo (taken 1955) it seems the perfect place for a coffee or ice cream sundae … Continue reading
Willards restaurant at Los Feliz and Hillhurst – “Far Famed Chicken Steak Dinners”
I found this photo interesting for a couple of reasons. I love how this restaurant – Willards (at the corner of Los Feliz and Hillhurst, near the entrance to the Greek Theater) – bills itself “Far Famed Chicken Steak Dinners.” … Continue reading
Wilshire Boulevard, looking west from Lafayette Park
The right sort of clouds can really make a photograph pop, can’t it? I don’t have a date on this one, and I’m not even sure what the photographer was standing on when he took this shot of Wilshire Blvd … Continue reading
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Interior of Brown Derby at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
The Brown Derby restaurant on Vine Street was famous for its caricatures of the famous faces that dined there. This shot is from the one on Wilshire Blvd on the corner of Rodeo Drive where they hung photos instead. It … Continue reading
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