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Monocle magazine April 2024
Konfekt - Issue 14
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Issue 117, volume 12
p.143 - 148
01 of 14Harry Harrison’s 1957 Chips diner, with its standout signage featuring individual letters on five steel-mesh drums
02 of 14Fancy a burger? Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank
03 of 14The former Witch Stand, now a health-food shop
04 of 14The celebrated Armét & Davis coffee shop
05 of 14The newly opened Mel’s Drive-In with its preserved penguin mascot
06 of 14UFO shapes at Dinah’s
07 of 14Pann’s is run by the son of the original owners
08 of 14Dining in at Bob’s Big Boy
09 of 14Rae’s Restaurant in Santa Monica
10 of 14Chips diner features retro interiors
11 of 14Snug Harbor, an example of counter-style diners of the 1940s
12 of 14Owner Jim Poulos has been fixing the lighting and banquettes at Pann’s to return them to their 1950s best
13 of 14The oldest remaining McDonald’s, in Downey, has a Googie vibe
14 of 14Double-deck hamburger? Sure
LA’s diners serve a healthy dollop of nostalgia but their architecture has modern relevance.
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