From Wikipedia, Doggie Diner sign Doggie Diner was a small fast food restaurant chain serving hot dogs and hamburgers in San Francisco and Oakland, California that operated from 1948 to 1986, owned by Al Ross. The first Doggie Diner was opened on Oaklands San Pablo Avenue in 1948 and grew in popularity. At one time there were 30 locations around the San Francisco Bay Area, mostly concentrated in San Francisco] The chain went out of business in 1986 after trying to compete with big chain restaurants, such as McDonalds and Burger King. Its founder Al Ross died in 2010, at age 93. ***Note:The actual sign for the San Francisco Doggie Diner, is commonly portrayed in Zippy comic strip as one of Zippys conversational foils. Bill Griffith (mr. Zippy), used to llive in Noe Valley and a regular contributor (as i still am) to the Noe Valley Voice and we shared a page together.....ah, back in the day....just about when Al had to close up the biz and pay his creditors and play golf.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 02:54:12 +0000
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