The Attic (restaurant) explained

The Attic was a popular 1,200 seat Smörgåsbord restaurant in West Vancouver, British Columbia that was open from 1968 to 1981.[1] The owners were former Vancouver alderman Frank Baker (1922–1989) and his wife Dorothy.[2]

Unique features

The Attic is most remembered for a 1964 James Bond car in a glass case as well as a Toronado 67 X[3] built by George Barris for Expo 67. Both cars were parked out front for public view and sold near the time of the restaurant's closing.[4] [5] For a brief time, the restaurant also displayed a psychedelic hand-painted Rolls Royce that had belonged to John Lennon.

There was a statue of David in the women's washroom. When the leaf was lifted on this statue, alarms would sound and/or lights would flash alerting other patrons and causing embarrassment to the person who lifted it.[6]

Lance Harrison and the Dixieland Band entertained patrons, with Baker playing his trumpet on many occasions. He would also greet people at the door playing it. Baker also had a 12' by 6' weather vane mounted on the roof of him playing a trumpet.[7]

Baker's was an avid collector of Tiffany lamps. His huge collection, said to be "over a hundred", were in use throughout the restaurant.

In 2005 it was inducted into the B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The History of Metropolitan Vancouver . 2013-01-10 . 2010-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100730015518/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1968.htm . dead .
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQcsA_fz9s Documentary about famous Vancouverite Frank Baker
  3. Web site: Who recalls that 'Esso' Toronado? . 2013-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150324073902/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/cars/story.html?id=cb7bb55d-9c23-4a97-8a18-40fa8007b60b . 2015-03-24 . CanWest MediaWorks
  4. Web site: The most famous car in the world . 11 January 2013 . 19 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130219183511/http://www.driving.ca/news/story.html?id=d8eeed12-0698-43f1-a886-64f03c85ce2a . bot: unknown .
  5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/34917706@N07/5256656416/in/photostream/ Frank Baker's Attic Restaurant
  6. http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/04/13/history-of-vancouver-restaurants-a-chronology-and-memories/ History of Vancouver Restaurants
  7. Web site: Frank Baker Weather Vane. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708012844/https://www.icollector.com/Frank-Baker-Weather-Vane_i18885004. 8 July 2020. 2020-07-08. iCollector.com Online Auctions.
  8. http://www.bcrhof.com/bio_FrankBaker_2005.php B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame

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