The first restaurant at 4301 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, CA.

IHOP, formerly known as The International House of Pancakes, is a U.S. based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. Founders Al and Jerry Lapin,
along with early investors Al and Trudy Kallis (below),open the first International
House of Pancakes (above) in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake, California 
on Monday, July 7, 1958. Today, the company has 1,500 locations across America.

 
Al Lapin                                      Al and Trudy Kallis

(AP) – Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to
shelves starting on July 15.

The company that went bankrupt in early 2012 after an acrimonious fight with its 
unionized workers is back up and running under new owners, Metropoulos & Co.
and Apollo Global Management. The team bought Twinkies and other Hostess
cakes products for $410 million.

The company says the cakes will taste the same but that the boxes will now bear
the tag line "The Sweetest Comeback In The History Of Ever."

Twinkies were invented in the town of River Forest, Illinois on April 6, 1930 by
James Alexander Dewar, a baker for the Continental Baking Company.

James A. Dewar

January 6, 1859

The Oregonian is a daily newspaper originating in Portland, Oregon, owned by 
Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the  
U.S. west coast and was founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 
4, 1850. The newspaper is the largest in the state of Oregon and the Pacific
Northwest by circulation and the 19th largest daily newspaper in the country.  

The Oregonian announced Thursday that it will reduce home delivery to 4
days and make reductions in staff as part of a series of changes, effective
October 1.

Newspaper publisher Thomas J. Dryer

 
The original location of Dea’s on East Powell across from Mt. Hood Theatre in 
Gresham. The restaurant has been family owned and operated for 58 years. 

Dea Sparks founder

Dea’s current location on NE Burnside Rd in Gresham

Featuring “The Longburger”

French Fries with the famous sauce

 

              Dave Gold (June 5, 1932 – April 22, 2013)

Los Angeles (Fox News) – Dave Gold, founder of the 99 Cents Only
Stores, might have loved a good bargain. But he died filthy rich.

Gold, who popularized the 99-cent store concept with a string of
more than 300 shops that eventually extended from California to
Texas, reportedly died on Monday, April 22 of an apparent heart
attack. He was 80 years old. 

when Gold opened his first 99 Cents Only Store in Los Angeles in
1982, the concept was reserved for expired or broken products.
“A retail graveyard,” is how The Times referred to such shops
before Gold popularized the concept.