The Historian · Zoe · Los Angeles
Clifton's Republic
The original Clifton's fed the hungry on a pay-what-you-can basis during the Depression. That history deserves to be invoked before you order a drink.
Clifton's Cafeteria opened here in 1935. The current iteration preserves the bones of the Depression-era original in a five-story building that's part bar, part taxidermy museum.
— Zoe, The Historian
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