Coffee Shops...
Westy’s
Westy’s Cafe in Westminster, a Googie-style coffee shop, dating back to the early-1960s,
maybe even the late ’50s.
The roof beams extend out through large walls of glass. A long breakfast counter runs
the length of most of the restaurant.
I believe this was originally called Reese’s when it first opened. If you know, leave a comment!
September 20th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
This morning on Colfax
The Las Vegas style-sign, horse and streamline-modern pre-fabricated aluminum of
Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, a W. Colfax institution, built 1957.
November 13th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Golden coffee shop
This beautifully-sited structure was originally the Golden Bowl Coffee Shop from 1956
(if I am not mistaken).
The Golden Bowl bowling alley is right behind it.
November 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Deno’s 6 & 85
Deno’s 6 & 85 truck stop in Commerce City.
It started as the 6 & 85 in 1945, then updated to Deno’s in 1959,
when they put up that great sign.
Not only is it the structure at the intersection of 6 & 85, but the building itself is the intersection
of a coffee shop and a bar.
September 3rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
White Spot / Davies’ Chuck Wagon
An early-1960s White Spot location on Alameda, designed by Armet & Davis, the
designers of many of the Googie-style coffee shops of Los Angeles.
This building has a butterfly roof with an additional fold. It is now part of the Davies’
Chuck Wagon family of historic coffee shops.
A light post takes the place of the original White Spot sign that
would have passed through this opening in the roof.
September 3rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Pig’N Whistle
Long in a state of disrepair, Eddie Bohn’s Pig’N Whistle Hotel/Motel
on W. Colfax caught fire last night.
Originally opened by larger-than-life boxer Eddie Bohn in the ’20s,
it was updated and added to over the years, until finally closing in 1991.
This was a particularly bad graffiti day a couple of years ago.
April 22nd, 2010 / 3 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Davies’ Chuck Wagon
March 23rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
White Spot (Hooters)
Hooters occupies this spot which once housed a White Spot coffee shop.
These “Flying-Nun” roof buildings were designed by the famous LA Googie-style architectural team of Armet and Davis in 1961.
The covered porch is an alteration, but Hooters has kept this building in pretty good shape.
March 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Wolf’s Motor Inn
Wolf’s Motor Inn sign on East Colfax.
Modernist restaurant and hotel, 1950s-era.
November 25th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
White Spot
One of the former locations of Denver restaurant chain White Spot. Now Los Toritos.
Googie-style design 1961 by Los Angeles firm Armet & Davis, famous for coffee shops all over L.A.
(There is another White Spot post on Tom Lundin’s site ModMidMod.)
November 1st, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
