French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Women's T-Shirt Movies anchoring corners on Geary

anchoring corners on Geary

A red cylindrical marquee reads "ROCKET" in white block letters

Rising during the postwar tourism boom

Screws fall out all the time

French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Women's T-Shirt Movies anchoring corners on GearyFrench Cafe opened on Whittier Boulevard in Montebello, California in 1937, promising a taste of Paris in a working class neighborhood. During an era when most small towns offered diners and drive ins, a place like that served something rarer. A community got something elegant, something worth dressing up for. Part of our Vintage Restaurant collection, celebrating the classic American menus of yesteryear. The Details: Distressed navy blue banner at