Merle's Coffee Shop Drive In - Corona Del Mar, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Unisex T-Shirt Color:Heather Midnight Navy winged dragon rendered in distressed

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Some restaurants survive decades because they never forgot what mattered

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Roller rinks that offered both skating and dancing were basically nightclubs with fewer lawsuits and more organ music

Merle's Coffee Shop Drive In - Corona Del Mar, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Unisex T-Shirt Color:Heather Midnight Navy winged dragon rendered in distressedMerle's Coffee Shop and Drive In opened in 1951 along East Pacific Coast Highway in Corona Del Mar. Back then, the village was still a quiet stretch of Southern California shoreline. Before the area became synonymous with wealth, places like Merle's anchored the community with coffee, conversation, and carhop trays at sunset. Part of our Vintage Restaurant collection, celebrating the classic American menus of yesteryear. The Details: Distressed white