French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Long Sleeve T-Shirt theatre Gold-bordered parallelogram with a white

Gold-bordered parallelogram with a white interior contains dark navy brush script reading "HOWARD BOWL

A side-profile illustration of the EM-50 in olive drab and cream shows roof-mounted equipment and dual rear wheels

Bold red serif lettering below reads "Choke

and you won't even notice because the nachos are outstanding

The mystery

French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Long Sleeve T-Shirt theatre Gold-bordered parallelogram with a whiteFrench 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