Where have all the Googies gone? The first Googies Coffee Shop and Diner, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, next to the famous Schwab's Pharmacy. Origin of the name Googie Architecture. 1950's
This lonely little Kullman Car off the West Side Highway may be unloved now, but it used to be a busy diner. Now ironically forgotten between two auto repair shops which clearly couldn’t fix their neighbor, the restaurant at 357 West Street closed its doors in 2006 after 50 years of diner life. It’s been known as the Lunchbox Diner, Rib, the Terminal Diner, and the Lost Diner. Update 2017: They’re well on their way to constructing a residential tower where the diner stood. The address of the building will be 160 Leroy Street.