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Harvey and Minnie Ortner opened this coffee shop as Harvey's Broiler in 1958. In 2008, the restaurant occupied a 90,000-square-foot property owned by Christos Smyrniotis.

Pronounced eligible for the California State Register of Historical Resources in November 2002;

Threatened with demolition, 2002-2004; signage and other elements were destroyed in 2003; in 01/2007, the owner, Christos Smyrniotis, a former cook for the original owners, illegally began to bulldoze the property. He had partially destroyed the property when he was stopped. In 2008, plans were finalized for a Bob's Big Boy franchise owned by Jim Louder to take over the property and restore the building. Chattel Architecture Planning and Preservation, Incorporated was the firm hired by the City of Downey to restore the restaurant.

PCAD id: 2845