Roberta and I ate lunch at a local place called Holly’s Lighthouse Cafe (I’d link to their home page, but it’s a overdone Flash site that I think could cause seizures, ya, that bad). Anyhow, while we were there having lunch we saw a neat old picture on the wall showing the building and street we were on from 1940.
We determined 1940 by using Google to research the movie playing at the movie house. It’s The Westerner with Gary Cooper. Released September 1940. The waitress was happy when we told her. She said people kept asking when the picture was taken and she had no idea. Now she does.
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What I really love is the fact that the central sign says “The Pine Cone Cafe”. Growing up my grandfather used to take us to a Pine Cone in Lynwood Washington where they had the greasiest home made fries. I still remember sitting there as a child eating those fries with my Grandad. Driving there in the mid 70’s in a big old LTD style boat of a car. My grandfather using one foot for the gas and the other for the brakes. He’d go through brakes like you wouldn’t believe! I remember that, that and the smell of Cigars. Those are the memories I have of a Pine Cone Cafe.
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July 6, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Lynn (Sis)
I remember the Pine Cone also, the greasy fries, and grandpa pouring his own coffee. He seemed to know someone there everytime we went. I also remember the cigars and a candy bar in the glovebox. The odds things can bring up memories.
July 9, 2011 at 4:30 AM
Panama foundation
Though I have never left the table or counter hungry the lure of that bakery counter at the door is sometimes too much and I have been known to pick up some sweet rolls on the way out…The Pine Cone has been at its present location for a number of years but some major changes have taken place here. .The Madison Pine Cone is located on the bypass that skirts the city of Madison. The store area takes up the space of the second dining room though the single dining area here is somewhat larger than that of the Johnson Creek Pine Cone.
October 29, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Diana Dewey
Wow…I remember the cigars…I never went to the Pine Cone with him. Is it still there?
October 29, 2011 at 4:39 PM
icehawk55
The Pine Cone closed down a while ago. A lot of memories from that place.
October 30, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Diana Dewey
My mother drove like that too! LOL way too funny.