Gas Company Cafeteria Offers a Serving of History

By Eric Richardson
Published: Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 04:40PM

History at Gas Company Cafeteria Eric Richardson [Flickr]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — For those adventurous enough to head through security, the second floor of the Gas Company Tower offers a cafeteria that can serve up both food and a little history. Today’s grill special: a bacon wrapped hot dog. While not likely somewhere you’re going to make a regular lunch stop, it’s worthy of at least a one-time trip.

Several walls in the expansive space are lined with historical photos from the southern California gas industry. Make sure to find the note from the early 1900s where the company informs its employees that it will no longer be buying them bicycles – they’ll now need to purchase their own.

The cafeteria is open to the public and serves breakfast and lunch. Just tell security where you’re headed and they’ll card you through the gates. Enter the building at either 5th/Grand or 5th/Olive.



Comments

1
celia writes:

does the cafeteria have a name? someone told me i should check out a place in the gas company tower called “the blue flame”, could that be the same place?

# on Jan.10.2008 AT 09:16 PM
2
Eric Richardson writes:

Yep. It’s the Blue Flame Cafe. I guess I could have remembered to put that in.

# on Jan.10.2008 AT 09:24 PM
3
Don Garza writes:

I am on my way. Love cafeterias.

# on Jan.11.2008 AT 01:28 AM
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Juanito writes:

The lobby of that building is one of the great public spaces in Downtown.

# on Jan.11.2008 AT 07:36 AM

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