Category: RIP

Oct 22
[ RIP ] Clifton’s Finally Returns! Clifton’s Cafeteria Los Angeles

SADLY / Clifton’s opened, then closed after all that hard work. Sigh. Mod B and…

Oct 21
[ RIP ] Velveteria – The World’s Only Velvet Art Museum! Los Angeles

Sadly Velveteria has closed 🙁 Original 2015 Post: We may not know art, but we know…

Jun 04
[CLOSED] Du-par’s “Pie In The Sky – All Night Long!” in Studio City, CA

It’s 2am. You just walked out of one of Hollywood’s many rock clubs. And…

May 25
[ RIP ] Corky’s: The Lamplighter Shines On! Sherman Oaks CA

Corky’s sadly closed in 2019 Original 2015 Post: In a town where reinvention is…

Mar 28
Troutdale: “The Ol’ Fishing Hole” Agoura Hills, CA

It happened quite unexpectedly, one day my son asked me a question that shocked and…

Mar 17
[CLOSED 2018] El Quijote NYC – Since 1930, but Future Uncertain – Go Now ¡Andale!

2018 Update: According to our NY contact Jeremiah Moss at Jeremiah’s Vanishing…

Mar 11
[CLOSED] The Tinder Box Santa Monica, CA – “Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em”

Let’s start with some full disclosure: I don’t smoke. Other than the…

Jan 22
[ RIP ] Ruby Montana’s Coral Sands Inn Palm Springs – Kitsch-tastic Motel!

2019 Sad to report, Ruby retired and the last year to stay here was 2020   …

Nov 08
[CLOSED] Cafe Edison – Times Square – NYC – To Close December 2014

Though I haven’t been there myself, I wanted to get the Cafe Edison onto the…

Oct 21
[CLOSED] J&Es Yankee Diner – A Classic Worcester Diner Just Off The Highway

In all the years I lived in Massachusetts and went ‘sploring for diners, I never…

Oct 03
[ RIP ] Polly’s On The Pier: “A Breakfast Treat ” in Redondo Beach CA

Sadly Polly’s has closed 🙁 Original 2014 Post: Every once in a while you…

Sep 05
NOT Good News! Seaside Heights Carousel CLOSED DOWN [2019 UPDATE]

April 2019: Casino Pier Carousel in Seaside, Jersey Shore icon, to shut down.…

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