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[*] posted on 9-12-2017 at 01:13 PM
Tijuana's Big Boy: Iconic Hangout Turns 45


The architectural history of Baja California and California is closely linked. Transborder expressions of car culture, from the 1950s to the 1970s, include neon signs, drive-in restaurants, coffee shops, gas stations, motels, and trailer parks. Many of the builders of these enterprises were Americans who partnered with Mexicans. A still thriving, prominent example: Tijuana's Big Boy, built in 1972, by Californian Raymond Eugene Zivelonghi, in remembrance of the Big Boy hamburger chain he visited as a child, and by Tijuana carpenter José Luis Barajas.

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[*] posted on 9-12-2017 at 04:15 PM


I remember JB's Big Boy as a kid... didn't they go on to become a major burger chain? I'm thinkin' Hardees or sumpin'...



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[*] posted on 9-12-2017 at 05:15 PM
Bob's Big Boy Restaurants are Still Alive in the U.S.


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[*] posted on 9-12-2017 at 05:22 PM
Always Had the Branded Salad Dressings in the Fridge


Roquefort and Thousand Island.

Just delicious.

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