Video: John Lautner's Googie's Coffeeshop - (Los Angeles, CA)

[DavidC]

Googie by John Lautner. History, overview and walkthrough of Googies Coffeeshop - (14:46)


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[Roderick Grant]

I miss the '50s coffee shops. Coffee Dan's had the best food, Googie's had the best architecture. (The one next to Schwab's was long closed by the time I made it to LA in 66.) I still dine at Norm's on La Cienega for nostalgia's sake. I still miss Carolina Pines at La Brea & Sunset with the most fetching Hollywood middle-aged, bleach-blond Wanna-Bes serving.

[Reidy]

Was this place called Ben Frank's ca. 1970?

[Roderick Grant]

Ben Frank's, now Mel's Drive-in, is on the Sunset Strip between Londonderry Place and Sunset Plaza. It's a riff on the 'traditional' Googie's, and is in good shape, very popular. While showing David C. and his wife around, we had lunch there.