Mel's Drive-In
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Mel's Drive-In refers to two American restaurant chains, the successors of a chain founded in 1947 by Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs in San Francisco, California. The original chain operated until the 197
Mel's Drive-In neon sign, Los Angeles, CA
Mel's Drive-In in the historic Max Factor Building in Hollywood
The Original Mels - 2009
Interior of an Original Mels Diner
Googie architecture
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Googie architecture is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture
Mel's Drive-In
…area are housed in historic buildings. Mel's Drive-In in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles was built as Kerry's coffee shop in 1953. The googie style building was designed by Armet & Davis. Mel's Drive-In in West Hollywood was built as Ben Frank's in 1962. The googie style building was designed…
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Googie-style car wash
Classic Googie sign at Warren, Ohio drive-in
Patio tables at the Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, California