The story above appeared in the Journal back on Dec. 30, 1971.
As the article notes, “Manner’s has been plagued by groups of teenagers loitering in the restaurant for hours without buying anything other than a soft drink."
The real problem is that apparently there had been “heavy drug traffic” with eighteen syringes found one night in the men’s room.
Unfortunately, as a result many teenagers ended up being denied entrance to the restaurant and felt discriminated against. A dress code barring Jeans and t-shirts also was being enforced.
But as the article notes, the head of the security company pointed out that “though Manner’s is open to the public it is private property.
”The owners have a right to discriminate as to who goes into the restaurant.”
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Although it’s been quite a while, it’s kind of nice seeing the photo of the familiar Manners Big Boy sign. Looking at the repurposed Beachcliff Diner sign, I can see now that the sign has been shortened, with the former ‘Manners’ portion of it removed.
I wrote about the various restaurants located on this corner several times, including this post as part of my history of Manners, as well as this post about when it was a Hoop restaurant operated by Richard Head.
