Coffee Dan's, Los Angeles, 1930s Booze Passengers could rest in sleeping

Passengers could rest in sleeping cars and eat in dining cars decorated with chandeliers and leather banquettes as trains sped from city to city

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Coffee Dan's, Los Angeles, 1930s Booze Passengers could rest in sleepingSLIDE into the happiest crowd in town, suggests this menu from Coffee Dans, Los Angeles. The San Francisco outlet of Coffee Dans featured in the 1927 Warner Bros film The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson. The film depicted the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a devout Jewish boy who runs away from home to build a career as an entertainer. In the movie, Jolsons character nervously performs for Coffee Dans patrons who determine the fate of performers