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Coffee Shops Southern California

For a look at more classic coffee shops from Southern California, take a peek at Roadside Peek's Coffee Shop Classics.

 

Eddy's Restaurant
Hawaiian Gardens
Photo courtesy Herb Halling

Eddy's Restaurant of Hawaiian Gardens looks like an old Spires Restaurant.

 

 

Lisa's Coffee Shop
West Covina, CA
Photo by RoadsidePeek.com

Lisa's Coffee Shop features an old style marquee and eye catching paint job on the restaurant itself. Serving breakfast and lunch, this joint is typical of the neighborhood eatery which is now becoming rarer and rarer, not like a steak.

 

 

 

Lisa's Marquee
Photo courtesy Adriene Biondo

Interior of coffee shop
Photo courtesy Adriene Biondo

 

Denny's (Remodeled)
Arcadia, CA
Photo by RoadsidePeek.com

Check out this Denny's in Arcadia, formerly one of the Van de Kamp's Bakeries and restaurants that used to dot the Southland. Although this Denny's received the trimming to make it into a diner, the windmill is still left intact.

 

 

 

Denny's (Demolished)
Agoura Hills, CA
Photo by RoadsidePeek.com

 

Well, while the Arcadia Denny's is still serving customers, this classic Denny's coffee shop in Agoura Hills met its end in the latter part of 2002. Check out the orb that graced the marquee. Another roadside treasure has served its last dish.

(Far right) The Denny's marquee with the space age orb on top of the sign

 

 

Spires
Wilmington, CA
Photo by RoadsidePeek.com

An old coffee shop, this Spires in Wilmington lost its huge marquee recently, a sign that used to catch the attention of truckers and travelers alike.

 

 

IHOP
Granada Hills, CA
Photo and info courtesy Adriene Biondo

In Granada Hills is a good example of the IHOP A-frame restaurant building. IHOP aka the International House of Pancakes opened in Toluca Lake, California in 1958. The last of the famous A-frame buildings with IHOP's signature look was built in 1983.

 

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