Jack's Salad Bowl (Demolished)
Whittier, CA Photo by RoadsidePeek.com
Looking for an interesting looking old googie like sign? Well, the sign
out front Jack's Salad Bowl in
Whittier is the one for you. This place has two signs... unfortunately
this one that sits in the parking lot doesn't light up anymore.
Jack's Salad Bowl was built in the late 1950's by the late Martin Stern, Jr., who is also well known for having commissioned various Las Vegas landmarks such as The Mint and the International Hotel as well as Ships Coffee Shop.
Jacks Salad Bowl
Whittier, CA Photo by RoadsidePeek.com
UPDATE 08/06 : Jack's Salad Bowl restaurant has been purchased and is being remodeled into an El Pulpo Restaurant. Photos, including the a change to the marquee, are below.
Word is the chicken on the roof will disappear too. 08-06
Jack's Fried Chicken sign (Demolished)
Whittier, CA Photo by RoadsidePeek.com
El Pulpo
Whittier, CA Photo by RoadsidePeek.com
(Middle) Here's a shot of the restaurant from across the street.
(Near left) Check out the new sign of the El Pulpo Restaurant taken from inside the parking lot of the former Jack's.
UPDATE 09/10 : Jack's Salad Bowl is history. Gone. Demolished. Jack's Salad Bowl in Whittier, CA has been a Whittier Blvd landmark for decades. in 2006, Jack's closed and was being remodeled into a Mexican restaurant. The bulldozers came last week and all that's left is an fenced off lot of rubble. 09-10
Jack's Salad Bowl was built in the late 1950's by the late Martin Stern, Jr., who is also well known for having commissioned various Las Vegas landmarks such as The Mint and the International Hotel as well as Ships Coffee Shop.
UPDATE 08/06
El Pulpo
