The once busting Clifton’s Cafeteria has been sadly quiet, closed for renovations for three years. Saturday night, the restaurant showed a big sign of life. Stephen Russo, a member of Vintage Los Angeles, tipped us off by posting a photograph of workmen installing a new retro neon sign to the page. Hundreds of VLA fans reacted by sharing and commenting …
by Shayna Rose Arnold Alison Martino transports readers back in time with Vintage Los Angeles, her biweekly CityThink column about L.A.’s bygone legends Q: You usually write about places from the past. Are you a particularly nostalgic person? A: Yes! When I was a kid, I always wanted to take home a souvenir from a restaurant or an amusement park, …
After 40 years in West Hollywood, the Palm is moving to Beverly Hills. The restaurant’s beloved illustrations are not. The Palm restaurant is known for its juicy steaks and celebrity clientele, but the vivid caricatures of the patrons leave the strongest impression. On September 30 the restaurant, which has been on Santa Monica Boulevard since 1974, will relocate to Beverly …
With Clifton’s Cafeteria’s grand re-opening, Alison shares her memories of going to Clifton’s as a child. For generations of Angeleno’s, Clifton’s was the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The first time I walked through its doors, as a six year old whose sole encounters with the area had been trips to Olvera Street, I thought I had entered Disneyland. The …
For the first time ever, Michael J. Libow shares pictures inside his home fit for Hansel and Gretel. I grew up trick or treating on Halloween in the late ’70s and early ’80s at the Witch’s House. The owners at that time would dress up as ghosts and goblins and hand out taffy from a witch’s kettle. There was dry …