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At the company’s height, 320 Van de Kamp’s Holland Dutch Bakers dotted the West Coast from California to Washington. [2] In 1930 the company built a large bakery and administrative offices to support its growth in Glassell Park, Los Angeles. The Van de Kamp Bakery Building was designed by New York architect J. Edwin Hopkins. [3]
The bakery closed in October 1990 after Van de Kamps filed for Chapter 11. [4] The building is a designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument , declared on May 12, 1992. In 2010, this building underwent a $72-million renovation by the Los Angeles Community College District with the intent of being a Los Angeles City College satellite campus.
This is a list of notable bakery cafés. Some retail bakeries are also coffeehouses , serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises. A café, cafe, or "caff" may refer to a coffeehouse , bar , teahouse , diner , transport cafe , or other casual eating and drinking place, depending on the culture.
Van de Kamp or Van der Kamp is a Dutch toponymic surname. A kamp originally was a fenced / enclosed piece of land. Notable people with the surname include: James van de Kamp (born 1987), Canadian BMXer; Anna van der Kamp (born 1972), Canadian rower; Auke van de Kamp (born 1995), Dutch volleyball player; Guido van de Kamp (born 1964), Dutch ...
In March 2004, Pinnacle Foods acquired Aurora Foods of St. Louis, Missouri. [13] Two years later, it acquired the food business of Dial Corporation including the Armour Star canned meats business.
The Tam O'Shanter Inn was established by Lawrence Frank and Walter Van de Kamp, founders of Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries, who later created the Lawry's restaurant chain. They commissioned Harry Oliver to design the building. [2] [3] He constructed the Storybook Style building aided by movie studio carpenters. The Tam O'Shanter Inn ...
The company became the owners of Van de Kamp's in 1956 after the death of that bakery's founder. [18] The purchase expanded General Baking to the west coast. By the 1960s, the company had increased competition due to other baking conglomerates and supermarkets that began installing on-site bakeries.
Ships Coffee Shop; Shrine Auditorium * Silver Lake Reservoir; ... Van de Kamp Bakery Building; Van Nuys Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library * Vasquez Rocks *