#vintage restaurant

[westside-historic]

Bob's Big Boy Jr. on Santa Monica Blvd. & Yale St. in Santa Monica in 1970. The view is looking west down SM Blvd.

Apparently what made it "Jr." was the fact that you ordered at the counter when you came in, and then the server brought the food to your table when it was ready. There was no difference in the menu, which was headlined by the Big Boy double deck burger, which they invented in 1939.

One of the ways the franchise appealed to kids was that they gave away little comic books, that featured the Big Boy character typically in some heroic light. With games and puzzles, too, it gave the kids something to do while waiting for the food. I also included a glamour shot of the dessert menu from the '70s-.80s, because it was legendary.

This Bob's was only about half a mile from where I grew up, and I ate here as often as I could talk my mom into it. It was also the first restaurant I'd seen with comment cards for patrons to describe their dining experience.

The structure itself was very cool, and likely designed by renowned local  architectural firm Armet Davis, the kings of Googie architecture in Southern California restaurants and coffee shops.

Source: https://clickamericana.com/topics/food-drink/vintage-bobs-big-boy-restaurants

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

I'LL HAVE THE NEW YORK CUT STEAK WITH FRENCH FRIED POTATOES, ROLLS, AND BUTTER.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on another 1940s era Walt Disney's Studio Restaurant/ Counter Service menu, with the back cover flap featuring Donald Duck as a soda jerk above a list of fountain service drinks and other ice cream treats.

The following are some of the Disney-themed restaurant specials offered upon order:

SNOW WHITE SPECIAL: "Tasty chicken salad on lettuce, with avocado, tomato, and egg" -- 40¢

HONEST JOHN'S DISH: "Creamed chicken on toast, French fried potatoes, rolls and butter. Coffee, tea, or milk" -- 40¢

STROMBOLI'S FAVORITE SANDWICH: "Hot roast prime ribs of beef with gravy, mashed potatoes and vegetables" -- 35¢

THE LITTLE PIGS' SALAD BOWL: Made with crisp lettuce, Romaine, Chicory, Watercress, celery, garnished with tomatoes, egg, and Julianne of ham and cheese (Your choice of French, 1000 Island, or Mayonaisse dressing)" -- 35¢

DUCKY FRUIT PLATE: "Chilled California fruit selection on lettuce, with French dressing, whipped cream, or honey dressing" -- 35¢

Source: http://randomneatstuff.blogspot.com/2012/04.

[machetelanding]

Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Wendy's advertisement (1970s)

[newyorkthegoldenage]

O'Reilly's bar on Third Avenue in the 50s, August (?) 1942.

Photo: Marjory Collins via the LoC

[oldshowbiz]

what every restaurant used to look like

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Mai-Kai calendar models (1960s, 1970s)

[assiraphales]

fuck it. fantasy old western au where zoro is a bounty hunter chasing down outlaws & pisses off the wrong sheriff at a saloon (axe hand morgan). he’s sent to the stocks, hours from dying from heat exhaustion under the hot desert sun, when young upstart monkey d luffy (in search of a stockpile of hidden gold that infamous outlaw gol d roger hid in the mountains) enters the scene guns literally a blazing

[goshyesvintageads]

Wendy's International Inc, 1981

[alfaire]

@tozak-i ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ✺ㅤスカイレストラン 🎞ㅤ✳︎ ₊ 🦑

[mudwerks]

circa 1940 menu - El Sombrero restaurant, Memphis, Tennessee

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"…AND IN THE GROVE... MIDST MERRY THRONG AND MARKET CLATTER -- STOOD THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the legendary, high mythical Mountain Grill Restaurant, Ladbroke Grove, London, UK, 1977. Familiar to any fans of HAWKWIND or the prolific British science fiction author Michael Moorcock.

"…and in the grove, by the gate and hill, midst merry throng and market clatter -- stood the Hall of the Mountain Grill where the table strain'd 'neath loaded platter."

-- "LEGEND OF BEENZON TOSTE," c. 1974

Source: https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/hall-of-the-mountain-grill.210185.

[retropopcult]

Fisherman's Wharf, 1960

[williammarksommer]

Jenny Rose

Untitled California series

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Italian Kitchen, September 1956.

Photo: Angelo Rizzuto via the LoC

[adventurelandia]

Pirate on the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship Restaurant, 1958

[vintagepromotions]

Cover of the menu at Ozzie's Seafarer, Manhattan Beach (c. 1960).