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1. lamag.com › lahistory › charting-the-127-yearCharting the 127-Year History of Clifton’s, Downtown’s Most ...

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   Aug 19, 2015 · Throughout the 1940s, Clifton’s becomes home to more than 800 groups, providing a meeting place for state societies, religious cults, and America’s first science fiction fan club (members ...

   • Downtown’s Legendary Clifton’s Is Back… Again - LAmag

     Downtown’s legendary Clifton’s is back: A new iteration of...

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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 ...

3. lamag.com › food › downtown-los-angeles-cliftons-reopensDowntown’s Legendary Clifton’s Is Back… Again - LAmag

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   Aug 26, 2024 · Downtown’s legendary Clifton’s is back: A new iteration of the nearly century-old institution will debut over the next month. ... Clinton was most famous for his chain of restaurants serving ...

4. www.pbssocal.org › shows › lost-laPhotos: Historic Clifton's Cafeteria through the Decades

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   Feb 8, 2012 · Circa 1940s view of Clifton's Cafeteria's original art deco facade, revealed today for the first time since the early 1960s. Courtesy of the Dick Whittington Photography Collection, USC Libraries. When a piece of Los Angeles history disappears, it's often lost forever - preserved only in our collective memory and in the region's photographic ...

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5. www.latimes.com › food › dailydish10 things you need to know about the new Clifton’s cafeteria

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   Oct 2, 2015 · The line forms inside Clifton’s cafeteria. 5. Fresh sliced turkey and ham is served to a customer inside the newly reopened Clifton’s cafeteria. 6. Lemon meringue pie is one of the desserts ...

6. www.latimes.com › business › storyLegendary Clifton's cafeteria is reopening in a struggling ...

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   Jun 5, 2024 · In 2010 he took over Clifton’s from the family that had operated it since the 1930s, when founder Clifford Clinton purchased the lease of the former Boos Bros. cafeteria on Broadway and set out ...

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   What was Clifton's famous for?

   • Throughout the 1940s, Clifton’s becomes home to more than 800 groups, providing a meeting place for state societies, religious cults, and America’s first science fiction fan club (members include Ray Bradbury, Forrest J. Ackerman, and L. Ron Hubbard). The first suburban Clifton’s opens in the new community of Lakewood.

   Charting the 127-Year History of Clifton’s, Downtown’s Most Glorious

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   When did Clifton's start?

   • Clifford Clinton opened the first Clifton's (a portmanteau of its founder's first and last names) in 1931 at 618 S. Olive Street. Amid a crowded field of downtown cafeterias, Clinton distinguished his with lavish decorations and a flexible pricing policy--an illuminated sign once suggested, "Pay What You Wish."

   Photos: Historic Clifton's Cafeteria through the Decades

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   Does Clifton's still exist?

   • Clifton’s exists in L.A.’s collective memory as a vast cafeteria in a whimsical woodland setting, but we don’t see cafeterias much anymore. Why is that? Will we get back Clifton’s as we remember it? Cafeterias used to be the dominant form of food delivery and food service and now, with very few exceptions, it’s not.

   Legendary Clifton's cafeteria is reopening in a ... | Los Angeles Times

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   What is Clifton's Brookdale known for?

   • He transformed the location, which first opened in 1913 as a Boos Brothers Cafeteria, into a sylvan wonderland inspired by the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Like the Pacific Seas cafeteria, Clifton's Brookdale became a Los Angeles institution, attracting diners with its food, prices and kitschy atmosphere.

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   What is Clifton's Pacific seas known for?

   • The cafeteria, at the western terminus of U.S. Route 66, was notable for serving people of all races, and was included in The Negro Motorist Green Book. In 1939, the founders of Clifton's remodeled the restaurant to change it from a conventional dining establishment to a more exotic setting and renamed it "Clifton's Pacific Seas".

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   Where did Clifton's cafeteria come from?

   • Circa 1939, the WPA-sponsored American Guide Series Los Angeles guidebook described the chain thusly: "Clifton’s Brookdale, 648 S. Broadway, and Clifton's Cafeteria of the Golden Rule, 618 S. Olive St. Organ music and singing attendants.

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8. la.eater.com › 2015/2/6 › 7992397Here's What Downtown Legend Clifton's Cafteria ... - Eater LA

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   Feb 6, 2015 · Clifton's Brookdale exterior, circa 1936. Since the legendary Clifton’s Cafeteria remains very much closed at the moment (despite the gorgeous neon signage now lighting up the front), Curbed ...