French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Women's T-Shirt Color:White Ricky Butler holding that photo

Ricky Butler holding that photo like a man who has never investigated the origin of anything in his life is peak cul-de-sac energy

a nightclub that burned bright through the 1940s and 1950s

and blue spans the upper center

Bowling alleys back then were more than recreation

Green brushstroke text reads "CHINATOWN" with smaller white capitals reading "SAN FRANCISCO" at the bottom

French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Women's T-Shirt Color:White Ricky Butler holding that photoFrench Cafe opened on Whittier Boulevard in Montebello, California in 1937, promising a taste of Paris in a working class neighborhood. During an era when most small towns offered diners and drive ins, a place like that served something rarer. A community got something elegant, something worth dressing up for. Part of our Vintage Restaurant collection, celebrating the classic American menus of yesteryear. The Details: Distressed navy blue banner at