Cowboy Culture: Restaurants in So Cal: Part 3

Western themed restaurants thrived in the 20th century.

An example was Rand's Round-Up:

(Image courtesy of California State Library)

Started by Ray and Irene Rand, the above was the first location (first mentioned in the newspaper in October, 1950). A Glendale location opened on March 29, 1951. Several more L.A. locations popped up: Beverly Boulevard; Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks; and Wilshire Boulevard as seen below:

(Image courtesy of Boston Public Library)

A 6th location came in September, 1953 to downtown L.A. at 8401 South Figueroa near Manchester. The vicinity had another new restaurant of the Norman Roybark chain: Norm's.

By the close of the 1950s the San Gabriel Valley gained a Rand's location in Arcadia, as well as in El Monte at 3800 Gilman Road, which today is very residential. 

Eventually the Beverly Boulevard and El Monte restaurants dropped off.

Cowboys in Unincorporated Whittier and Avocado Heights

Equestrian pastimes are vibrant in these parts, including here.

Steak Corral, in Whittier, Cal. is still with us. Read about it here.

The now defunct Cowboy Cafe was an illusion. It was a Taiwanese Chinese cafe in the City of Industry at Colima Road, and its menu included soup noodles. Nothing in the interior spoke of the Old West.

Photos taken in 2015