Back in the deep dark history of Stuff I Grew Up With …
Van De Kamp restaurants were pretty generic coffee shop types of places. I remember going to them (with my mom) for coffees, lunches with friends, etc., when I was a tot.
What set them off from anywhere else was that they were designed as giant windmills. Because, you know, Dutch name, windmills.
The chain was originally a bakery, and though the company finally vanished in 1990, there are still a few remnants of it. In particular, this now-Denny's restaurant in Arcadia, California, which we drove past last weekend. The colors are different from the classic VdK shops (in favor of Denny's), but the windmill was still rotating …
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Was this from the trip last weekend?
Also, the Landry’s down by you use to be The Flying Dutchman, complete with windmill.
+Stan Pedzick Yes. Yes it was. Our trip back to the airport was, per Google, mostly on surface streets rather than the multi-accidently 210. Including passing by this particular landmark.
+Stan Pedzick Huh. Well, they do own at least one outlet by that name elsecity. This particular one has been a Landry's for at least 22 years.