Norms Restaurants is a regional chain of diner-style restaurants in Southern California. Founded in 1949 by used-car salesman Norm Roybark, some restaurants are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As of May 2024, the company operates 23 locations in Greater Los Angeles, with plans to expand into Las Vegas, Nevada.
Norms in West Los Angeles in 2008 (since demolished)
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 of the 1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s.
Googie-style car wash
Classic Googie sign at Warren, Ohio drive-in
Patio tables at the Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, California
Johnie's Coffee Shop on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, designed by Armet & Davis