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Velvet Turtle, Los Angeles 1970sThe Velvet Turtle was a popular chain of fine dining restaurants founded in California in 1965 by Wally Botello. Cleverly branded the restaurants logo was a snappily dressed turtle in a top hat and bow tie the chain grew to 20 locations Los Angeles, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Fresno and Menlo Park and others. In the 1970s, Wally sold the chain and moved to Palm Desert where he opened the popular Wallys Desert Turtle restaurant, now run by his family. He

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It was to be the biggest terminal in the world

was once a MayCo department store

which flourished from the mid- 60s to the mid-80s in eastern Salt Lake City

supper clubs which specialized in dinners – no breakfasts or lunches – were born

and we assume that the minstrels on the front cover also indicated comedians doing stand-up as part of the cabaret

Ashley’s father Jack was also a fast-food pioneer

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The restaurant has featured in films such as The Two Jakes (1990) starring Jack Nicholson

a restaurant in the 1950s and 60s that served customers on Broadway and 51st street in New York

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