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]
See also
- List of restaurants in Vancouver
External links
References
- The History of Metropolitan Vancouver retrieved 2013-01-10^
- Documentary about famous Vancouverite Frank Baker CBC documentary - YouTube video^
- CanWest MediaWorks Who recalls that 'Esso' Toronado? retrieved 2013-01-10^
- The most famous car in the world retrieved 11 January 2013^
- Frank Baker's Attic Restaurant Flickr images^
- History of Vancouver Restaurants^
- Frank Baker Weather Vane iCollector.com Online Auctions, retrieved 2020-07-08^
- B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame^