Clifton's Cafeteria
One of the more unique and historic landmarks on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles is Clifton's Cafeteria which was opened in 1935.
Owned and operated by Clifford Clinton and his wife Nelda and later on their children This locations interior was made to look like a northern California Mountain resort called Brookdale (which he named this location) where Clifford spent his summers as a youth, the Family also owned another cafeteria on Olive St. called the Pacific Seas and that restaurant was decked out like one giant tiki bar and both places had waterfalls inside....... The Pacific Seas closed in 1960 but the Brookdale restaurant has remained.
The last few decades has seen a drop off in customers but this summer the restaurant was sold to Andrew Meieran who owns The Edison bar and nightclub one of the truly amazing bars in downtown LA........... Meieran plans to make some cool changes to the old cafeteria with a new Tiki bar lounge upstairs and the cafeteria being open 24 hours a day, his goal is to restore this LA landmark back to it's 1930's heyday continuing the revitalization of the Los Angeles Broadway theater district blogdowntown.com/2010/09/5684-cliftons-to-stay-open-24-ho...
Clifton's Cafeteria
One of the more unique and historic landmarks on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles is Clifton's Cafeteria which was opened in 1935.
Owned and operated by Clifford Clinton and his wife Nelda and later on their children This locations interior was made to look like a northern California Mountain resort called Brookdale (which he named this location) where Clifford spent his summers as a youth, the Family also owned another cafeteria on Olive St. called the Pacific Seas and that restaurant was decked out like one giant tiki bar and both places had waterfalls inside....... The Pacific Seas closed in 1960 but the Brookdale restaurant has remained.
The last few decades has seen a drop off in customers but this summer the restaurant was sold to Andrew Meieran who owns The Edison bar and nightclub one of the truly amazing bars in downtown LA........... Meieran plans to make some cool changes to the old cafeteria with a new Tiki bar lounge upstairs and the cafeteria being open 24 hours a day, his goal is to restore this LA landmark back to it's 1930's heyday continuing the revitalization of the Los Angeles Broadway theater district blogdowntown.com/2010/09/5684-cliftons-to-stay-open-24-ho...