Coffee Dan's, Los Angeles, 1930s Railway Italian and French companies in

Italian and French companies in the late 1920s and early 1930s

was 'quite partial to Mindy's cheesecake'

Identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball")

Johnny's wasn't a fancy place

The State Café was opened in Liverpool in 1905 and immediately became a hit with middle class folks

Coffee Dan's, Los Angeles, 1930s Railway Italian and French companies inSLIDE into the happiest crowd in town, suggests this menu from Coffee Dans, Los Angeles. The San Francisco outlet of Coffee Dans featured in the 1927 Warner Bros film The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson. The film depicted the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a devout Jewish boy who runs away from home to build a career as an entertainer. In the movie, Jolsons character nervously performs for Coffee Dans patrons who determine the fate of performers