Vintage Postcard – Lew Ellen’s Coffee Shop

Lew Ellen’s Coffee Shop

32 John Street

Salinas, California

Lew Ellen’s Coffee Shop located on U.S. 101 in the heart of Salinas “The Salad Bowl of the World.” Excellent Cuisine. Large off-street parking area.

Phone HArrison 2-1925

Owned and operated by George & Lucille Comeau

Color photo by Ray Foster

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Natural Color by Mike Roberts

Berkeley 2, Calif.

Color Sales Company, 931 Addison St., Berkeley 2, Calif.

This lovely vintage postcard is unused.

Holy cow, the building is still there, and it’s still a restaurant according to Google StreetView:

It’s part of a small chain called Norma’s Family Restaurants. According to Yelp! people either really hate or really like Norma’s.

George Comeau passed away at the end of 2012 at age 97. His obituary is here. He married Lucille in 1939 (she passed in 1999). They ran the restaurant ten years.