Industry Restaurants Area served Southern California Founded 1949 | Number of locations 17 Founder Norm Roybark | |
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Headquarters 470 N. La Cienega Blvd, in West Hollywood
Long Beach, California Website www.normsrestaurants.com | ||
Norms Restaurants is a chain of diner-style restaurants in Southern California. Founded in 1949 by used-car salesman Norm Roybark, the restaurants are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are currently 17 locations in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
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History
The first Norms opened on Sunset Boulevard near Vine Street in 1949. The oldest surviving Norms, declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument number 1090 in 2015, opened on La Cienega Boulevard in 1957, featuring a distinctive angular and brightly colored style that came to be known as Googie architecture. Key characteristics include concrete walls, large glass windows, jutting roof, and a neon marquee. Many Norms restaurants, including the 1957 La Cienega Boulevard location, were designed by the architectural firm of Armet & Davis to look like automobile showrooms with booths resembling bucket seats. Their appearance has made them the subject of exhibitions curated by the Getty Center.
In popular culture
In the film "Woman in Gold" (2015), Starring Helen Mirren. The exterior as well as the interior of the Norms Restaurant, located on Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles, was used. This restaurant closed its doors on December 24, 2016, due to the fact that the lease agreement was not going to be renewed.