CLIFTON’S CAFETERIA STILL HAS RAINBOW JELLO!
Clifton’s legendary Cafeteria had its grand opening tonight (A fundraiser for the LA Conservancy) and if you loved eating at cafeterias when you were a kid, THIS is the place to be! Remember those turkey dinners with mashed potatoes and jello desserts? They are still there. Along with Waldorf salad and creamed cauliflower! All in potentially beautiful downtown Los Angeles. The new owner Andrew Meieran seems to feel the love for the old cafeteria also. Of course he’s adding a modern and pricier “comfort food’ restaurant upstairs and a tiki bar. But the lovable cafeteria retains much of its original charm – and cleaned up. We ran into midcentury historian Charles Phoenix there and he put his tray down to pose for a photo.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Bucky M.
Miss the old Ontra Cafeterias from when I was a kid.
Strom
Gummers!
Hmmm.......
They really should bring back automats, I’ve seen them in old movies and would love to try one. I think there is something like them in Japan.
Fritz Meulders
Janet are you wearing a wig in that photo?
Strom
Poor Angelo and his Spanx outfit!
Angelo
Proves over and over, strom, that he is boring and witless.
Carlos Danger
Janet has some nerve to complain about other’s attire when she dresses like a clown
Kait
Janet, you are ageless.
Jake
Great look Janet!
Strom- If you don’t know who Charles Phoenix is, you don’t have one cool or hip bone in your body.
Hilary
Oh, comfort food at its best! Clifton’s used to be all over Southern California… my mom and I would eat at the one at Lakewood Shopping Center. 🙂
Bluejay
Pretty cool. This reminds me of the Automat (if that’s the correct name) in NYC. Everything out of a machine.
Strom
Gummer’s!
Diva
Janet’s shoes are the best!
Cazie
I’m LOVING the saddle shoes Janet!
Strom
Charles looks like a very gay blade!