Now we're inside a store. Which store? You tell me! It looks kind of girly. Cinderella gazes adoringly at Prince Charming, while he looks over her head at the Laker game on TV.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Night Views, August 1965
Here's a nice night view of the Plaza Inn, which had only been open for about two months (having previously been known as the "Red Wagon Inn"). It became famous for its Eskimo cuisine, including muktuk (whale blubber) skewers and seal flipper pie.
Now we're inside a store. Which store? You tell me! It looks kind of girly. Cinderella gazes adoringly at Prince Charming, while he looks over her head at the Laker game on TV.
Now we're inside a store. Which store? You tell me! It looks kind of girly. Cinderella gazes adoringly at Prince Charming, while he looks over her head at the Laker game on TV.
That second shot looks like it was taken in the Emporium on Main St.
ReplyDeleteIt must be the Emporium, it has the mezzanine above, which is oddly empty in this photo.
ReplyDeleteThose are some weird looking dolls in that display.
The Plaza Inn has undergone several menu changes since 1965. While the Eskimo cuisine is fondly remembered by many, my personal favorite was the Bald Eagle Basket available during the 1975-76 seasons. Not a lot of meat, but what it lacked in birdflesh it made up for in patriotic goodness. It made you feel all warm and Bicentennially inside.
ReplyDeleteOh Chuck...there goes my stomach!
ReplyDeleteAre you kiding, I never go to the park without the kids and I sitting on the patio, overlooking the hub with a big slice of seal flipper pie. Yum Yum, no visit is complete without it!
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Sorry Connie.
One of the characteristics of Walt Disney's reimagining of the amusement park into the theme park was that his new creation offered real restaurants where you could sit down and enjoy food such as steak, pot pie, baked ham, and chef's salad. What a surprise that must have been to the first visitors, who surely had been expecting the usual offerings of popcorn, peanuts, hot dogs, cotton candy, ice cream and other staples of the amusement park experience. Not that Disneyland didn't have these things (and often of an extremely high quality), but it must have signified what a truly new world Walt had brought into being when guests first walked into fully themed restaurants and found wait staff ready to serve them a proper meal! We take for granted themed restaurants today (for good or for ill), but I suspect we rarely remember the role of Disneyland in their history.
ReplyDeletei really enjoy that i can have a birthday celebration at a "restaurant" and also can have a quick meal when i know that the lines will be long and dont want to spend the time it takes to do so
ReplyDeletegood thinking, Mr Disney! :)