Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - restaurants

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

2nd Street and Spring Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

This first Boos Brothers' Cafeteria was sited on the south side of 2nd Street between Spring Street and Broadway.

Overview

This was the first cafeteria begun by the Boos Brothers, a group of four siblings, raised in Ohio, who migrated to Los Angeles, CA, to farm in the San Fernando Valley. They began their restaurant in 1906. and its success spawned many other cafeterias around Downtown Los Angeles. At one time, the Brothers operated seven cafeterias, five in Los Angeles and two in San Francisco.

PCAD id: 22032