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The first Mel's Drive-In was founded in 1947 by Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs in San Francisco, California.It later expanded to several other locations. After the last of the original restaurants closed in the 1970s, Weiss's son Steven Weiss and partner Donald Wagstaff opened the first of a new generation of Mel's Drive-In restaurants in 1985. [1]
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Mel's may refer to: Mel's Diner, the setting for the 1976–1985 TV series Alice; Mel's Drive-In, a restaurant chain; Mel's Hole, an urban legend about a geographic ...
Victor Tayback (January 6, 1930 – May 25, 1990) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples on the television sitcom Alice (1976–1985), as well as his multiple guest appearances on The Love Boat (1977–1987).
The Mel's Diner set made changes over the years; in the pilot the diner contained a blue refrigerator, but in the series the refrigerator was a dirty stainless steel, then later was changed to clean and shiny stainless steel in 1979–81 and much later the set featured an even shinier stainless steel refrigerator and better appliances. The rest ...
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Interestingly it was built the same year Mel's was founded, 1947, and is an early example of googie architecture done by Armet & Davis who also designed Pann's and the first Norms Restaurant. ChildofMidnight ( talk ) 22:37, 11 February 2009 (UTC) [ reply ]
Central Diner (most recently Paula's Kitchen) in Providence, Rhode Island, was built in 1947, added to the U.S. NRHP in 2010, and closed in 2021. Interior of the Central Diner This is a list of notable diners .