ps. I drove by the Lyon's in Daly City today. It looked like they had just added new plywood but it maybe that was just from a (relatively) recent renovation.I was looking up info about Ship's, turns out the architect was Martin Stern, JR.
(http://www.modcom.org/advocacy.shtml)
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: Alas, there aren't a lot of good
: examples left in the Bay Area.
: Several have closed in the 13
: years I've been living here,
: including a couple of great places
: in Oakland...
:
: Now we're in the process of losing
: all the original Lyon's locations
: as well. This was a
: Peninsula-based chain (although it
: eventually spread as far as
: Fresno) whose original prototype
: was designed by Armet and Davis,
: the classic Googie team who did so
: many of the best spots in SoCal
: (including the late, great Ship's
: Westwood, if I recall correctly).
: You can still see some of the
: buildings from this prototype in
: Millbrae (closed), San Bruno, and
: Hayward (now Asian places). One's
: being dismantled as we speak in
: Daly City...
:
: I'm drawing a blank on any really
: good examples which are still
: serving coffee shop fare...
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: Hi David,
:
: I have a question for you:
: What are some of the classic
: coffee shops in California,
: specifically in the Bay Area? I'm
: thinking of mid-century
: 50s/60s/early-mid 70s places like
: Pann's in LA (http://panns.com/).
:
: I thought since you're into
: classic grocery stores you might
: know about this subject, too. I'd
: really appreciate any info.
:
: Thanks!
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