| VR/M/2 | Menu from Bob’s Big Boy Diner, Glendale and Burbank, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Bob’s Big Boy Diner, a family restaurant located at 900 East Colo. Blvd., Glendale and 624 E. San Fernando Rd., Burbank. The menu is dedicated to Bob Wian.
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| VR/GM/17 | Menu from Brian’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, Panorama City, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Brian’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, a restaurant and cocktail bar located at 8126 Van Nuys Blvd., Panorama City. The owners Dan and Mary Lou Beringhause registered their business in December 1970. It had a sister restaurant called Nancy’s (also in Panorama City). [show more]
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| VR/GM/72 | Menu from Broadway Cafés, multiple San Fernando Valley locations. | | |
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Description:Menu from Broadway Cafés, a family restaurant which had various Valley locations: Café California, Fashion Center, Northridge; Market in the Verdugos, Glendale Galleria, Glendale; The Market at Sherman Oaks, Fashion Square, Sherman Oaks; Café Valley View, Panorama City Shopping Center, Van Nuys [Panorama City]. Another chain of restaurants from Broadway department stores (see VR/GM/48). This chain had a “California fresh” café theme, and had a different name at every location. [show more]
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| VR/GM/3 | Menu from Buddie’s Diner, Northridge, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Buddie’s Diner, a fifties theme diner located at 19401 Parthenia St., Northridge (not printed on menu). Buddie’s opened in 1993.
Condition: The menu is sealed shut with tape.
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| VR/GM/12 | Menu from Burbank Deli Coffee Shop, Burbank, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Burbank Deli Coffee Shop, a Jewish Deli located at 920 San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, “next to Zody’s”.
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| VR/GM/61 | Menu from Cable’s Restaurant, Woodland Hills, CA. | | |
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Description: Menu from Cable's Restaurant, a family restaurant located at Ventura Blvd. and De Soto, Woodland Hills (20929 Ventura Blvd.) The former location of the Woodland Hills Page's! (See href="https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org/archives/items/show/543">VR/GM/55). Cable’s is still open today (as of November 2015) at the same location. Recently (2013), four former servers won an age discrimination lawsuit against the newest owners, after they were all fired and quickly replaced by women in their 20s. This 1980s-era menu lists three other locations in their "family of fine coffee shops" under the name Conrad’s. The Valley’s Conrad’s is in Glendale (820 North Central Ave.), and is also still open today. [show more]
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| VR/GM/26 | Menu from Café 50’s, Sherman Oaks, CA. | | |
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Description:Small menu from Café 50’s, a fifties theme diner located at 4609 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Includes a flyer from the café.
Condition: Stuck shut with tape.
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| VR/GM/27 | Menu from Coral Café, Burbank, CA. | | |
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Description:Small menu from Coral Café, a family restaurant located at 3321 West Burbank Blvd., Burbank. The restaurant was established in 1957 and is still in operation as of 2015.
There is one duplicate (VR/GM/27a).
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| VR/M/5 | Menu from Damon’s Café and Lounge, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Damon’s Café and Lounge, a steakhouse and tiki bar located at 317 N. Brand, Glendale. The restaurant was opened in 1937 and is still open as of 2016, and has had a “facelift”. Menu was donated by Kurt Runyon in December 2015.
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| VR/GM/59 | Menu from Diamond Jim’s, Sherman Oaks, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Diamond Jim’s, a steakhouse located at 15302 Ventura Blvd. at Sepulveda, Sherman Oaks. There also may have been a location in North Hollywood (unconfirmed; based on note from Alan Gorsky). Named for Diamond Jim Brady, a Gilded Age businessman famous for his penchant for precious stones and his enormous appetite for food. Diamond Jim’s was a chain, started in the 1960s, most remembered for its locations on Wilshire Blvd. and Hollywood Blvd. [show more]
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| VR/GM/9 | Menu from Eat Well, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Small menu from Eat Well, a family restaurant located at 1013 South Brand Blvd., Glendale.
Condition: The menu is stuck shut with tape.
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| VR/GM/75 | Menu from El Torito, Encino, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from El Torito, a Mexican restaurant which was originally located at 16268 Ventura Blvd., Encino. The Valley locations since 2015 are: 8855 Tampa Ave., Northridge; 6040 Canoga Ave., Woodland Hills; 14433 ½ Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks; and 3133 West Olive Ave., Burbank. El Torito was founded by Lawrence “Larry” Cano in 1955. The location on Ventura Blvd. in Encino was formerly a Tiki restaurant called Bali Hai, where Cano worked as a bartender. After struggling for a few years, El Torito took off and became a popular chain. It was famous for popularizing margaritas. This is a dinner menu from 1992 with a very colorful theme. [show more]
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| VR/GM/62 | Menu from François, Tarzana, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from François, a French/Continental restaurant located at 18373 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. In 1955, this location was Mandal’s Café. In 1958, it was the Silver Platter Restaurant. In 1959-60, it was the Cork ‘n’ Dyne Restaurant. In 1961, it was the London Broil Restaurant. By 1964, it had become François, which lasted until at least 1974. In 1977, it was a fried fish/chicken restaurant called Fin ‘n’ Wing. In the early 2000s, it was Sushi Tsune and Little Sister Sushi. As of November 14, 2015, it is a Japanese/Korean restaurant called Tou Hen Bok. [show more]
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| VR/GM/49 | Menu from Friar John Coffee Shop and Restaurant, Reseda, CA. | | |
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Description:Menu from Friar John Coffee Shop and Restaurant, a family restaurant located at Sherman Square Bowl, 18430 Sherman Way, Reseda. As well as the café, this bowling alley also had a cocktail bar called the Sherwood Room.
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| VR/GM/21 | Menu from Genii Coffee Shops, Van Nuys and Reseda, CA. | | |
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Description:Laminated menu from Genii Coffee Shops, a family restaurant located at 6576 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys (not on menu) / 18300 Sherman Way, Reseda (not on menu). The Van Nuys location was formerly Coffee Dan’s (1967). Owner-host: Mickey Mason.
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