Originally Posted By gaston lives I eat breakfast quite often at a place here in Colorado known as teh Corner Cafer. This morning, when I was paying with my Disney credit card, the owner came out to talk. We started talking about DL and he told me of growing up in Anaheim and DL. He said there was a restaurant on the corner of Main Street USA named The Corner Cafe. He has named his business after the one in DL. If it is there, I will get apicture of it for him to hang in his store! Please say it's still there!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I've never heard of it. There is the Carnation Cafe, and Coke Corner. Gibson Girl ice cream. Blue Ribbon Bakery.... How long ago was this supposed to exist?
Originally Posted By gaston lives Back in the 60's, I believe. I haven't been in 17 years, so I don't even know what DL looks like anymore. I go to WDW every year, though, so I still get my Disney fix.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Okay... I'm doing a search because this is bugging me, LOL! According to stuff I'm finding, the seating area of Coke Corner is known as Corner Cafe. Everything is out of date, though, because they all refer to Rod Miller playing piano, and he has retired. <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/andyda/mainstr/coke.html" target="_blank">http://homepage.mac.com/andyda /mainstr/coke.html</a>
Originally Posted By gaston lives Ah, well if it's there, I'm going to get him a GREAT photo! Their food is SO good. He's very nice, and his place is covered with celebrities that have eaten there. It's cool, too, that he has named his career after a place in DL where he used to eat growing up! Hopefully it's still there!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I agree, it's totally cool! I grew up in Orange, next to Anaheim, in the 60's and 70's. I still go to the parks all the time. I'm trying and trying to visualize the current signage, but just can't do it! LOL It's one of those things I've become oblivious to.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Looking at the sign they have on that site, it's the SAME SIGN and FONT that my restaurant here in Colorado has above their door!
Originally Posted By Dave >>>There is the Carnation Cafe, and Coke Corner. <<< The actual name for Coke Corner is Refreshment Corner
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Yeah, I figured that was a nickname. I'd still be calling it Coke Corner if the park changed to Pepsi products, lol Do you know if there is a Corner Cafe sign, Dave?
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I'm not sure if it has or not. Since Dave is at the park frequently, that's why I asked him.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I was thinking that the sign over the entrance to the seating area said Corner Cafe before I opened the link. I watched a bit of the Dapper Dans show there last Friday, and I'm pretty sure that's what the sign still looks like, but I didn't actually specifically look at it. I know that it was still like that last fall, and I doubt that it would have been changed since then without us knowing about it.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 Someone will have to help me here, but years ago there was a resturant right on Town Square next to what is now the Disney Showcase. I can remember is being sponsored first by Hills Bros Coffee and then later was called the Egg House and was sponsored by the American Egg Council or some such organization. It was a very small but very nice place to eat. Both indoor and outdoor seating. The indoor area had the feeling of being outside at night I believe. I seem to remember little lights in the ceiling twinkling like stars. It was a very nice place, but alas now closed and turned into yet another merchandise location. I guess D'Land just didn't have enough shops!
Originally Posted By retlawfan If it where I'm thinking of, it is the Carnation Cafe, with the indoor portion now the bakery(no inside seating). They have a great breakfast there. I have never had lunch there.
Originally Posted By labretbear retlawfan, the former restaurant space Mickeyfan1 mentions is nextdoor to the Disney Showcase on one side and the parade gate on the other. If you enter the east tunnel near the bank on Main Street the space is directly in front of you. During the 50th the space had the Steamboat Mickey photo mosaic housed there. I have one for the experts, does anyone recall the timwe when the outdoor patio in front of the Plaza Inn was a separate restaurant from PI? I believe the main fare was steak. And the eaterie's hostess costume featured a large parasol to protect her from the sun.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 <<<<<Someone will have to help me here, but years ago there was a resturant right on Town Square next to what is now the Disney Showcase. I can remember is being sponsored first by Hills Bros Coffee and then later was called the Egg House and was sponsored by the American Egg Council or some such organization. It was a very small but very nice place to eat. Both indoor and outdoor seating. The indoor area had the feeling of being outside at night I believe. I seem to remember little lights in the ceiling twinkling like stars. It was a very nice place, but alas now closed and turned into yet another merchandise location. I guess D'Land just didn't have enough shops!>>> You are 100% correct. That was our favorite place to have breakfast in rotation with the Carnation Cafe. Go half way down the page of and you'll see the follow blurb: <a href="http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/6495/main.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/TheTr opics/Cabana/6495/main.html</a> ---------------------------------------- Town Square Cafe (Extinct). When Disneyland opened in 1955, this was the Maxwell House Coffee House, and by 1958 it had become the Hills Brothers Coffee House. That was destined to change, and by 1978 it was replaced with the American Egg House. In 1983, and until its closure in 1993, the restaurant, which was full service and specialized in breakfast, was known as the Town Square Cafe. Location The Town Square Cafe was located near the current home of the Disney Showcase, roughly in the neighborhood of Mr. Lincoln's Opera House.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Here's when it was the Hills Brother Coffee House. <a href="http://davelandweb.com/disneyland/images/1959_MS_HillsBros.jpg" target="_blank">http://davelandweb.com/disneyl and/images/1959_MS_HillsBros.jpg</a> Picture at the Town Square Cafe. <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_i-2Qprcy5-g/RevaWncb7HI/AAAAAAAAAGU/KxrrVp7wPUM/s1600-h/img1070.jpg" target="_blank">http://bp2.blogger.com/_i-2Qpr cy5-g/RevaWncb7HI/AAAAAAAAAGU/KxrrVp7wPUM/s1600-h/img1070.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Lisann22 HERE YOU GO... <a href="http://davelandweb.com/mainstreet/popup.htm?images/DSC_3952.jpg" target="_blank">http://davelandweb.com/mainstr eet/popup.htm?images/DSC_3952.jpg</a>
