Owl Diner, Clearwater 1948 British Airways opened his eponymous restaurant

opened his eponymous restaurant

Odd special insert from a La Guardia cocktail menu from 1940

The menu rear states the following: “With the opening of Café Continental we inaugurated the policy of acquiring only quality merchandise

customers could order a dinner for 12s

Owl Diner, Clearwater 1948 British Airways opened his eponymous restaurantThe Owl Diner opened in 1948 in Clearwater, Florida, and cleverly used the motto The Owl Never Sleeps to advertise the fact that it stayed open 24 hours a day. A cheerful and sprightly owl dressed as a waiter was featured on menus and on other advertising material such as matchbooks. A large road sign, showing an owl sitting in a tree, encouraged weary drivers to pull over and take a break. Owned by Albert Martin, The Owl was one of the famous pre