Trader Mort's Liquor, San Diego, CA (store) - Locating Tiki

H hmdTiki Member Joined: Jul 28, 2011 Posts: 9	H hmdTiki Posted posted on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:20 PM I'd have to agree with 4WDtiki. The lack of an area code on the matchbook would indicate an earlier build (the majority of businesses had incorporated area codes into their phone numbers by the mid-1960s). And the building's architecture reminds me of the 1960s A & W restaurant "pilgrim hat" prototype. Vintage Roadside on flickr dates the building to 1963, which seems more likely http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageroadside/3897615833/ Has anyone checked the local phone directories for when Trader Mort's first appears?

I'd have to agree with 4WDtiki. The lack of an area code on the matchbook would indicate an earlier build (the majority of businesses had incorporated area codes into their phone numbers by the mid-1960s). And the building's architecture reminds me of the 1960s A & W restaurant "pilgrim hat" prototype. Vintage Roadside on flickr dates the building to 1963, which seems more likely
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageroadside/3897615833/
Has anyone checked the local phone directories for when Trader Mort's first appears?

Post #657252 by hmdTiki on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 12:20 PM