Mission Mission

Bernalwood reports:

Doggie Diner was a chain of fast food restaurants scattered around the Bay Area. The franchise enjoyed its heyday during a mid-1960s expansion, during which it installed rotating doggie-head mascots above each of its 30 or so restaurants. The doggie-heads became iconic in San Francisco, even after the Doggie Diner chain shut down for good in 1986.

Read on for more history and more photos.

3 Responses to “Cool photo of the old Doggie Diner at Mission and Army”

1. scum says:

   October 3, 2013 at 5:15 pm

   I grew up by the one on 25th and Geary. Zippy like them too. http://doggiediner.com/pages/zippy_00.html
2. Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable says:

   October 3, 2013 at 9:36 pm

   There’s a good shot of this in the Walter Matthau movie “The Laughing Policeman”
3. Since B4U says:

   October 4, 2013 at 12:51 pm

   Looks like the Twister variant of the Plymouth Duster, A Ford van Jamming Econo(line), a hippy bus and a Caddy.