Posts Tagged ‘Bob’s Big Boy’

COOKIN’ AT JOHNIE’S BROILER

July 8, 2008

No, they’re not actually cooking yet at Johnie’s Broiler–AKA Harvey’s Broiler, the authentic 1950s Downey drive-in that was illegally demolished a year and a half ago.
But as Samantha Gonzaga writes in this morning’s Press-Telegram, crews are finally out there sifting through the rubble, saving what’s left to be saved, and getting it ready to become [...]

JOHNIE’S BROILER GETS SAVED; A TALE OF TWO ALBERTS

April 10, 2008

Couple of interesting yarns in the Press-Telegram lately.
On Election Day, if you missed it, Samantha Gonzaga wrote about how Johnie’s Broiler–the sad ’50s drive-in in Downey that was (mostly) illegally demolished a year ago– is supposed to rise again as a Bob’s Big Boy restaurant.
This sounds like good news–Johnie’s had a fat boy sign/Bob’s has [...]

 

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