4 months ago
- Sports
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
The Original Saugus Café, nan oldest edifice successful Los Angeles County, closed for bully connected Sunday aft 139 years successful operation.
The Original Saugus Café was located successful Santa Clarita, California, astir 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Originally named nan Saugus Eating House, nan edifice opened arsenic portion of a railway position successful 1886, but moved to its existent location successful 1916, according to nan Los Angeles Times.
Throughout its storied history, nan Original Saugus Café welcomed nationalist figures from Frank Sinatra and John Wayne to erstwhile U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt and more. The edifice was besides featured successful movies including “Leprechaun,” “Drive,” and “Boys connected nan Side.”
The Original Saugus Café announced its plans to shutter operations successful a Facebook post connected Dec. 29. The station said that early plans for nan building wherever Original Saugus Café is located “are presently unknown.”
“This determination was not made lightly, and it comes pinch a heartfelt appreciation for everyone who walked done our doors, supported our staff, and made this café what it was,” nan Original Saugus Café wrote successful its post. “Thank you for allowing america to beryllium portion of your lives for astir a period and a half. Your loyalty, kindness, and support person meant much to america than words tin express. We will everlastingly beryllium grateful for nan years we shared pinch this astonishing community.”
While location are presently nary plans to reopen nan Original Saugus Café, nan edifice will proceed to waste merchandise online, wide head Yecenia Ponce told The Times.
“We don’t want to close,” she said. “It’s really sad that it has to travel to an end. But that’s nan situation. I conscionable want to convey nan organization for showing up and supporting.”
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