Category Archives: Food and Drink

Nashville Cuisine, 1964

Posted on April 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

At left, 1964 Nashville is the latest destination of Mary McCoy's Cooking With the Junior League blog. (Mary,  the entertaining voice of This Book Is for You, is spending a year preparing meals from Junior League cookbooks). Mary writes: Published … Continue reading →

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Honor Farm Opens to Ease Jail Crowding, April 25, 1939

Posted on April 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Corrections and rehabilitation as practiced in 1939. The honor farm will house 600 men who would otherwise be held in jail.   At left, Werner Philipp's portrait of Katherine Dunham, which was found in a Ventura antique store. Read more … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League, 1965

Posted on April 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

As you may recall, Mary McCoy, the entertaining voice of This Book Is for You, is spending a year preparing meals from Junior League cookbooks in her blog Cooking With the Junior League. This week, she is taking a historic … Continue reading →

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Mickey Cohen in Senate Racket Probe; Drysdale Throws Shutout, March 25, 1959

Posted on March 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

At first, I thought this would be great for my lead art … … next, I thought this would be even better… … but "Nancy" wins. Ernie Bushmiller’s comic is usually timeless, but here’s a rare topical reference to the … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Paris Inn Cafe

Posted on March 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

A mixed lot of menus from the 1930s and ’40s has been listed on EBay, including this item from the Paris Inn Cafe, 210 E. Market St., which was torn down about 1950. The lot of 50, not all from … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Little Joe’s

Posted on March 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

Someone went to Little Joe’s, in what used to be an Italian neighborhood but is now Chinatown, and swiped an ashtray. Although the restaurant closed years ago, the building remains, although it has been heavily modified over the years. Bidding … Continue reading →

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Red Hot Chili Pepper!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Daily Mirror reader Todd Mecklem sends this Aug. 2, 1909, clipping from the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Unfortunately, The Times didn’t find this item newsworthy.

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Cooking With the Junior League

Posted on March 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

My friend Mary McCoy, of This Book Is for You (done with her husband, Brady Potts) and On Bunker Hill, has begun a new blog, Cooking With the Junior League, that will examine regional cooking as reflected in Junior League … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Tick Tock Restaurant

Posted on March 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of the Tick Tock restaurant, onetime Los Angeles landmark at 1716 N. Cahuenga, has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $5.99.

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Central Vice Reports on the Norbo Grill, 1958

Posted on February 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The Hotel Norbo, 526 E. 8th St., Feb. 14, 2009 Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The former Norbo Grill, 530 E. 6th St., Feb. 14, 2009 Photographs by Catriona … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 12, 1959

Posted on February 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Light in Darkness It’s a worthwhile experience to put down whatever you’re doing for half an hour today and read something about one of the world’s great men. It doesn’t matter which of the books about him you read. His … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Wich Stand

Posted on February 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

A matchbook cover for the Wich Stand has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $4.99.

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Matt Weinstock — February 3, 1959

Posted on February 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Pool Comeback Those who don’t get around to the right places are probably unaware of a significant social phenomenon. Pool halls, where many leading citizens of today learned about life, are back. Well, halfway. Actually they never really disappeared. They … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 27, 1959

Posted on January 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Blisters, Bites at Palm Springs Blisters, Bites at Palm Springs Some people go to Palm Springs on the week end to lay around in the sun and relax. But I don’t. I go for professional reasons. It’s one … Continue reading →

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Voices — Jevne’s Groceries

Posted on January 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Ray M. Whitt Jr. writes from Spain: My grandfather, Benjamin Adelbert Gray, worked for Jevne’s Grocery Store at 40 Spring Street. He and his family, including my mother, Maurine Gray Whitt, now 100 years old, lived at that time on … Continue reading →

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Police Investigate Sunset Strip Club, January 1959

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times On a recent trip to the city archives, the Daily Mirror looked into the agenda packets for the Los Angeles Police Commission. We found an investigation of an application for a cafe … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Bullock’s Wilshire

Posted on January 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s a menu from the famous tearoom at Bullock’s Wilshire with a cover that shows a map of Los Angeles. Shrimp cocktail was 35 cents. Bidding starts at $9.99.

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Grocery store of tomorrow, January 4, 1959

Posted on January 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hey, look! It's the 7-Eleven from "The Jetsons!" Actually, it's not. Instead, The Times published an artist's concept of grocery shopping in the years ahead. The "futurism" of the past always fascinates me. Notice that cars will still have tail … Continue reading →

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Food lessons from the Great Depression

Posted on December 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times CHILD OF THE ’30s: Pat Box grew up in a large family in Boyle Heights. No one went hungry, but it took ingenuity. Food lessons from the Great Depression Today, learning how … Continue reading →

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December 11, 1938: Breakfast of death; voodoo cult killings

Posted on December 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

December 10, 1938: I defy anyone to insist that the past was “a kinder, simpler time” after reading this page. But don’t take my word for it — see for yourself.

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