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Norms Restaurants Industry Restaurants Founded Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1949) Founder(s) Norm Roybark Headquarters Long Beach, California Number of locations 18 (2011) Area served Southern California Key people Martin Premoli Website normsrestaurants.com 
Norms restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California
Norms Restaurants is a chain of diner-style restaurants in Southern California. The chain was founded in 1949 and its restaurants are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They advertise their hours with the line "We never close." There are currently 18 locations in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
The first Norms opened on Sunset Boulevard in 1949. The oldest surviving Norms opened on La Cienega Boulevard in 1957, featuring a distinctive angular and brightly colored style that came to be known as Googie architecture.[1] Key characteristics include concrete walls, large glass windows, jutting roof, and a neon marquee.[1] Many locations of Norms restaurants, including the 1957 La Cienega Boulevard location, were designed by the firm of Armet & Davis.[1]
In popular culture
- Referred to in the intro to Tom Waits' "Eggs and Sausage" off of Nighthawks at the Diner.
- The location of a popular hangout of the characters of the TNT show Men of a Certain Age.
- Depicted in the 1962 painting "Norms La Cienega on Fire" by Edward Ruscha.
References
- ^ a b c Whitney Friedlander Go on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture May 18, 2008 Los Angeles Times (hosted on Baltimore Sun website) http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/la-trw-googie18-2008may18,0,7267506.story?page=1
External links
Categories:- Restaurant stubs
- Restaurants in California
- Restaurants in Orange County, California
- Companies established in 1949
- Diners
- Googie architecture
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
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