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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Clifton’s Cafeteria Set to Reopen

    An indoor redwood forest. Animatronic wildlife. More Jello than you could possibly imagine, and space for 600 diners. Clifton’s downtown cafeteria opened near the corner of Broadway and 7th street in 1935. It was family owned until 2010, when nightlife impresario Andrew Meieran bought the property.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 19, 2015 • 1 min read

    An indoor redwood forest. Animatronic wildlife. More Jello than you could possibly imagine, and space for 600 diners. Clifton’s downtown cafeteria opened near the corner of Broadway and 7th street in 1935. It was family owned until 2010, when nightlife impresario Andrew Meieran bought the property. He closed Clifton’s in 2012 to revamp and remodel the interior. And the brand new Clifton’s is set to open on September 17.

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    LAUSD Class Sizes, Airbnb in China, and Making L.A.: Food
    1. 0:00Back to School: Class Sizes
    2. 17:28Airbnb Targets China
    3. 24:17Making L.A.: Food
    4. 41:56Clifton’s Cafeteria Set to ReopenYou’re reading this
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