Comments on: Clifton’s “Pacific Seas” Cafeteria, Los Angeles, 1950 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/ God Bless Americana! -- Books, Slide Shows, & Field Trip Tours Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charles Brazil http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-119568 Charles Brazil Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:46:13 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-119568 Hello charles nice to meet you and happy to accidentally discover your website! the slides on here are so amazing and im a little jealous i didnt get to live in such a wonderful time period but it has always interested me... my mother has a picture takin inside that very cliftons with her parents and brother sometime in the mid to late 50s, hers is in color too...I wish this place was still there for me to enjoy but atleast im lucky enough to have been too the brookdales one , such a neat place! i enjoyed how different all the rooms were and i especially like the little crawlspace area with the naration about redwood trees....by the way do you have anything on the Pantry in D.T.L.A.? that has always been afavorite of mine as if im stepping into a time warp... well have a great day! Hello charles nice to meet you and happy to accidentally discover your website! the slides on here are so amazing and im a little jealous i didnt get to live in such a wonderful time period but it has always interested me… my mother has a picture takin inside that very cliftons with her parents and brother sometime in the mid to late 50s, hers is in color too…I wish this place was still there for me to enjoy but atleast im lucky enough to have been too the brookdales one , such a neat place! i enjoyed how different all the rooms were and i especially like the little crawlspace area with the naration about redwood trees….by the way do you have anything on the Pantry in D.T.L.A.? that has always been afavorite of mine as if im stepping into a time warp… well have a great day!

]]> By: Don Clinton http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-38620 Don Clinton Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:33:11 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-38620 Charles, What a thrill to see my slide as your pick of the week. Clifton's "Cafeteria of the Golden Rule" was dad's first name in 1931 but after a visit ith mom to the Islands in 1939 he wanted to remodel the interior and exterior into a Pacific Seas theme. Yes, the BROOKDALE Clifton's was paterend after the Brookdale Lodge of the 1929 era. A real brook with trout ran through it. Fire destroyed it but a reasonable facsimile is still standing. It is about six miles north of Felton (which is 9 miles NW of Santa Cruz. Dad reproduced its theme in LA to bring a little redwood beauty and quiet into the hustle and bustle of downtown. Thanks, Charles, for all you do for downtown. Don Charles, What a thrill to see my slide as your pick of the week. Clifton’s “Cafeteria of the Golden Rule” was dad’s first name in 1931 but after a visit ith mom to the Islands in 1939 he wanted to remodel the interior and exterior into a Pacific Seas theme.

Yes, the BROOKDALE Clifton’s was paterend after the Brookdale Lodge of the 1929 era. A real brook with trout ran through it. Fire destroyed it but a reasonable facsimile is still standing. It is about six miles north of Felton (which is 9 miles NW of Santa Cruz. Dad reproduced its theme in LA to bring a little redwood beauty and quiet into the hustle and bustle of downtown.

Thanks, Charles, for all you do for downtown. Don

]]> By: Teri Alexis http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-36540 Teri Alexis Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:22:24 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-36540 Hey Charles - came upon this site while wasting time at work. (not that YOU are a waste of time - as you are most certainly NOT) Saw some of your videos on YouTube and think you're fab(ULOUS). Would love to be on your list for future events and learn about all your doings! Hey Charles – came upon this site while wasting time at work. (not that YOU are a waste of time – as you are most certainly NOT) Saw some of your videos on YouTube and think you’re fab(ULOUS).
Would love to be on your list for future events and learn about all your doings!

]]> By: Sophia D'Auria http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35959 Sophia D'Auria Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:28:03 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35959 I think you are as fabulous as a TV dinner and I need some comfort food! I think you are as fabulous as a TV dinner and I need some comfort food!

]]> By: Jill http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35658 Jill Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:53:03 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35658 Hi Charles - Perhaps this is part of your tour, I understand Clifton had a policy of serving food to the underpaid-especially when times were tough-and asked only that they pay what they could or felt it was worth. Very inspiring. Also, is this in any way related to the Brookdale Lodge up near Santa Cruz? It's about 15 minutes outside of town (in the redwoods, of course) and although it's been redone, the dining room is a mish mash of decor, that rivals the Madonna Inn's restrooms. It even has a stream that runs through the middle of it, which I understand, at one time, was stocked with trout! - Jill Hi Charles – Perhaps this is part of your tour, I understand Clifton had a policy of serving food to the underpaid-especially when times were tough-and asked only that they pay what they could or felt it was worth. Very inspiring. Also, is this in any way related to the Brookdale Lodge up near Santa Cruz? It’s about 15 minutes outside of town (in the redwoods, of course) and although it’s been redone, the dining room is a mish mash of decor, that rivals the Madonna Inn’s restrooms. It even has a stream that runs through the middle of it, which I understand, at one time, was stocked with trout!
- Jill

]]> By: Phila Ed http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35629 Phila Ed Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:09:24 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35629 Morning C; As always, made my morning looking at your emails. Hip replaced on 27th and shared your site with my Phys. Ther. Boys (PTBs)during week of rehab. (Not the O'Hara Valley O Dolls variety... strictly physical) All of them now your new fans.... . Ed. Morning C;

As always, made my morning looking at your emails. Hip replaced on 27th and shared your site with my Phys. Ther. Boys (PTBs)during week of rehab. (Not the O’Hara Valley O Dolls variety… strictly physical) All of them now your new fans…. . Ed.

]]> By: Maryann http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35623 Maryann Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:44:10 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35623 Hi Charles! Loved you on Martha. Saw you have some things on YouTube - I'll need to watch those. Would love to take one of your tours or see your slide show! Thanks for the Fun from a child of the 50s! Hi Charles! Loved you on Martha. Saw you have some things on YouTube – I’ll need to watch those. Would love to take one of your tours or see your slide show! Thanks for the Fun from a child of the 50s!

]]> By: JoAn Burdick Gottlieb http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35403 JoAn Burdick Gottlieb Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:07:51 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35403 Wow, had been thinking of this for a while and now here's the picture. Fantastic, next bithday I will be 74, and remember well going to Cliftons as a treat when parents would drive us up from Anaheim and as I graduated from high school in 1951, and later in 54 performed on stage at the Frank Sennes Moulin Rouge Show on Sunset Blvd, across from the Paladdium, would enjoy occasionally going in early to dine at Cliftons. Great picture. Jo Burdick Gottlieb Wow, had been thinking of this for a while and now here’s the picture. Fantastic, next bithday I will be 74, and remember well going to Cliftons as a treat when parents would drive us up from Anaheim and as I graduated from high school in 1951, and later in 54 performed on stage at the Frank Sennes Moulin Rouge Show on Sunset Blvd, across from the Paladdium, would enjoy occasionally going in early to dine at Cliftons. Great picture. Jo Burdick Gottlieb

]]> By: Miss Havisham http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35350 Miss Havisham Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:49:57 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35350 How utterly dazzling. Just think of it, a bowl of stewed prunes in the exotic tropics of L.A. (pay no attention to the black bus fumes of the RTD) xoxo How utterly dazzling. Just think of it, a bowl of stewed prunes in the exotic tropics of L.A. (pay no attention to the black bus fumes of the RTD)
xoxo

]]> By: Chris Merritt http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/10/clifton-pacific-seas-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/comment-page-1/#comment-35345 Chris Merritt Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:51:10 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/clifton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cpacific-seas%e2%80%9d-cafeteria-los-angeles-1950/#comment-35345 God! What an amazing slide! I've only ever seen that facade in black and white before.... Thanks Charles! God! What an amazing slide! I’ve only ever seen that facade in black and white before…. Thanks Charles!

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