Owl Diner, Clearwater 1948 British Airways The menu rear states the

The menu rear states the following: “With the opening of Café Continental we inaugurated the policy of acquiring only quality merchandise

and is served the same day

Odd special insert from a La Guardia cocktail menu from 1940

opened his eponymous restaurant

The rest is definitely history

Owl Diner, Clearwater 1948 British Airways The menu rear states theThe Owl Diner opened in 1948 in Clearwater, Florida, and cleverly used the motto The Owl Never Sleeps to advertise the fact that it stayed open 24 hours a day. A cheerful and sprightly owl dressed as a waiter was featured on menus and on other advertising material such as matchbooks. A large road sign, showing an owl sitting in a tree, encouraged weary drivers to pull over and take a break. Owned by Albert Martin, The Owl was one of the famous pre