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Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria -style eatery in Los Angeles [ 1 ] and the largest public cafeteria in the world [ 2 ] when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, [ 3 ][ 4 ] the design of the restaurants included exotic decor and facades that were ...
Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, the chain had 100 locations in the United States. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1986. The last remaining restaurant in the former chain was located in Salem, Massachusetts until it abruptly closed in December 2017.
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]
Demolished. September 25, 2013 [1] Universal Amphitheatre (later known as Gibson Amphitheatre) was an indoor amphitheatre located in Los Angeles, California within Universal City. It was built as an outdoor venue, opening in the summer of 1972 with a production of Jesus Christ Superstar. It was remodeled and converted into an indoor theatre in ...
The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian mall esplanade, shopping, dining and entertainment complex in the downtown area of Santa Monica, California which originally opened as the Santa Monica Mall on November 8, 1965. [ 3 ] It is considered a premier shopping and dining district on the Westside and draws crowds from all over the Greater Los ...
623 [ 1 ] Union Square is a 2.6-acre (1.1-hectare) public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. "Union Square" also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district surrounding the plaza for several blocks. The area got its name because it was once used for Thomas Starr ...
El Tepeyac Café, or simply El Tepeyac, is a longstanding Mexican restaurant in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles. They are famous for their massive burritos, “Manuel’s Special Burrito” and the “Hollenbeck Burrito.”. The original location is at 812 North Evergreen Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033. [1]
Fleur de Lys (restaurant) Coordinates: 37.78856°N 122.41310°W. Image of Fleur de Lys restaurant. Fleur de Lys was a French restaurant in San Francisco, California, US. It closed in June 2014 after a 28-year run. [1][2] A sister restaurant in Las Vegas by the same name was closed in 2010 and reopened under the name Fleur by Hubert Keller in 2010.