The Attic (restaurant)
The Attic was a popular 1,200 seat Smörgåsbord restaurant in West Vancouver that was open from 1968 to 1981.[1] The owners were former Vancouver alderman Frank Baker, (1922 - 1989), and his wife Dorothy.[2]
Unique features
The Attic is most remembered for a 1964 James Bond car in a glass case as well as a Toronado 67 X[3] built by George Barris for Expo 67. Both cars were parked out front for public view and sold near the time of the restaurant's closing.[4][5]
There was a statue of David in the women's washroom. When the leaf was lifted on this statue, alarms would sound and/or lights would flash alerting other patrons and causing embarrassment to the person who lifted it.[6]
Lance Harrison and the Dixieland Band entertained patrons, with Baker playing his trumpet on many occasions. He would also greet people at the door playing it. Baker also had a 12' by 6' weather vane mounted on the roof of him playing a trumpet.[7]
Baker's was an avid collector of Tiffany lamps. His huge collection, said to be "over a hundred", were in use throughout the restaurant.
In 2005 it was inducted into the B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame.[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1968.htm The History of Metropolitan Vancouver
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQcsA_fz9s CBC documentary
- ↑ http://www.canada.com/theprovince/cars/story.html?id=cb7bb55d-9c23-4a97-8a18-40fa8007b60b CanWest MediaWorks
- ↑ http://www.driving.ca/news/story.html?id=d8eeed12-0698-43f1-a886-64f03c85ce2a Driving.ca
- ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/34917706@N07/5256656416/in/photostream/ fickr images
- ↑ http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/04/13/history-of-vancouver-restaurants-a-chronology-and-memories/ Vancouver Sun,History of Vancouver Restaurants
- ↑ http://www.denninger.com/antique.htm Antique Weather Vane Marketplace
- ↑ http://www.bcrhof.com/bio_FrankBaker_2005.php B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame
External links
Coordinates: 49°19′40″N 123°8′3.23″W / 49.32778°N 123.1342306°W