Fong’s specialty was Googie architecture ... sophisticated elements to creating the interiors of these coffee shops. They weren’t just simple diners where you have rows of stools in front ...

A gleaming, skewed canopy painted in primary colors that beckoned diners down the Sunset strip. Although Googie’s—the ... They made the interiors work, and with their exteriors, they made ...

are part of that. So this is probably the most iconic of those sorts of signs that are representative of Googie. for bowling alleys and motels and diners and cafes. And they're ubiquitous ...

though the design of L.A.’s most fabled diners was codified in the mid 20th century with Googie architecture. Angled bursts of neon signage pointed the way inside to dining rooms outfitted in ...

bright neon signage and modernist interiors. All of these characteristics would come to be considered as typical elements of the fanciful Atomic Age-based Googie style, which is also known by the ...

Matthew Kang is the Lead Editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, and has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles since 2008. He hosted a YouTube show ...

Preservationists say the Googie-style dry cleaners, diners, bowling alleys and motels that first appeared in Southern California were designed to entice a growing number of consumers driving by at ...

Welcome to Googie A Day, a Classics Week series that chronicles some of the most beautiful diners in Los Angeles that maintain the futuristic (at the time) ethos of Googie. Think the Theme ...

The brand’s golden arches, once among the most ubiquitous examples of Googie, are harder to find ... “People would look in and see a lot of happy diners. The whole building was a three ...

We get late-night millennials, and our base of baby boomers. We’re kind of retro cool and we think the Googie architecture is a big part of the brand.” Googie coffee shops were meant to be deluxe.

“There’s some place for everyone here.” Googie diners are becoming rare specimens in Los Angeles, even though the style ranks as an icon of the city’s taste culture. But like much of the ...

The rise of Googie architecture in the US from the mid-’40s to the '70s originated in California. Popular in the design of gas stations, motels and coffee houses, the style is characterized by ...