Pacific Dining Car As We Knew it Is Gone

While the historic restaurant preps for a long-term ”pause,” owners insist they still have hope of reopening someday, somehow
Chris Nichols • Los Angeles Magazine • September 25, 2020
The end of the Pacific Dining Car came with a few mouse clicks this week as the final bids were entered on the leather booths, fine china, and crystal goblets inside the landmark restaurant. Ninety nine years ago, Fred and Grace “Lovey” Cook...
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