Post #799839 by Dustycajun on Tue, Jan 7, 2020 11:14 AM

I did some more research into the Aloha Jhoe’s location and history, and what I found was really cool, being a big fan of Googie architecture, Tiki and Sherman's Deli! It turns out that Aloha Jhoe’s went into the Huddle Springs restaurant which was a classic Googie building designed by William F. Cody. The restaurant opened as The Springs in 1957.

In 1958 Paul Cummings of the famous Googie Huddle Restaurants in Los Angeles leased the restaurant and renamed in Huddle Springs.

Huddle left in 1959 and Milton F. Kreis assumed the lease and got a $150,000 remodel project approved at the City council to turn Huddle Springs restaurant into Aloha Jhoe’s!

Here is a photo of Mr. & Mrs. Kreis (left) at the Grand Opening of Aloha Jhoes.

Part of the restaurant space was maintained as a coffee shop that was operated as Jeffery’s. You can see Jeffery's and Aloha Jhoe's in this photo.

The building was located within the Cameron Center (also very Googie) which was also expanding at the time.

The Sherman Harris of Sherman’s Deli bought the lease for Aloha Jhoe’s and Jefferey’s in early 1968

Soon after the deal, Harris moved his existing Sherman’s Steak House into Aloha Jhoe's and started Sherman's Deli South in the building.

The Cameron Center center was torn down in the late 1990s and remains vacant today.

What a cool crossover Googie/Tiki/Deli story!

DC