City Limits is a bar in downtown Provo, Utah (440 West Center).
I like their vintage neon sign and stopped by to document that.
The book mural next door is cool too.
City Limits
16 Saturday May 2020
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Granite Furniture Sign
14 Thursday May 2020
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Granite Furniture here in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah opened in 1910. They had this cool rotating vintage neon sign put in later – I heard it was in the 1960’s.
Granite Furniture closed in 2004 and later it was converted into other businesses and thankfully they’ve kept the unique sign, just painted in new colors and updated.
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I saw this cool old ad online here.
Coachmans Dinner & Pancake House
11 Monday May 2020
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Coachmans Dinner & Pancake House has a pretty cook vintage neon sign on State Street in Salt Lake City.
1301 South State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah
Also seen in this movie scene: Hollywood/SLC – World’s Fastest Indian Filming Location
Dee’s Family Restaurant
06 Wednesday May 2020
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For nearly 90 years eating at Dee’s has been a family tradition. Dee Anderson, a farm boy from Ephraim, came to Salt Lake City in 1924 with little more than the desire and determination to be in the restaurant business. In 1931, Dee borrowed $35, bought meat, pickles, and buns and began offering Utah citizens their first five-cent hamburger. Dee’s nine-stool hamburger stands sprang up around the city and were recognized as centers of hospitality.
During the golden era known as “the Fifties”, Dee introduced Utah to the high volume drive-in. All during this time, Dee expanded and refined the family restaurant concept to provide comfortable and clean surroundings accompanied with the finest quality food at an affordable price. Mr. Dee Anderson (1905-1997) passed away after celebrating 70 years of marriage and a lifetime of service in the restaurant community. Dee’s Family Restaurants are still locally owned and operated by JML Restaurants and are committed to maintain the same standard of excellence you have come to expect.
Movie scenes filmed here:
Dee’s was known for the iconic clown on the buildings, I found these two photos (below) online here and here.
There are few Dee’s locations left, and the only one that still has a clown (the weather vane on the roof) and a vintage neon rotating sign is the location at 700 E 2100 S in Salt Lake.
McKay Diamonds
02 Saturday May 2020
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One of the sights I love on Main Street SLC is the McKay Diamonds sign, a very cool vintage looking neon sign.
They opened in 1949.
See other buildings on Salt Lake’s Main Street on this page.
Ritz Classic Bowling Pin
23 Thursday Apr 2020
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Located at 2265 South State Street in South Salt Lake City, Utah – The AMF Ritz Classic Lanes 90 foot tall vintage neon bowling pin has been a favorite sight for a long time.
The center section would rotate and one side said “BOWLING” while the other said “CLASSIC”.
The bowling alley was replaced with an apartment building and thankfully they replaced the sign with one very similar in 2017.
Casey’s Cafe Sign
11 Tuesday Feb 2020
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Another vintage neon sign I noticed and liked, check out this page for others.
This is located at the historic Dental Office Building in downtown Mt Pleasant, Utah.
Sign from the Silver Spur Motel
25 Saturday Jan 2020
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Had you visited the Silver Spur Motel in Durango, Colorado and asked for room #5, you would have stayed in the room John Wayne preferred while filming some of his most famous western films such as How the West Was Won and The Cowboys. This classic sign, circa 1962, was saved for you to enjoy here at Hole ‘n the Rock in Utah.
Vintage Signs in Utah
13 Monday Jan 2020
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In my exploring I often come across cool looking vintage signs, this page will serve as a database of those that I have documented.
To see all of the posts on this site with the vintage signs tag click here.
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Vintage Motels
12 Sunday Jan 2020
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I love all the old vintage motels I see around Utah, along with their cool vintage signs. In the 50’s and 60’s the idea of going on a road trip really took off and these classic roadside motels were popping up everywhere, they went through stages of auto courts (motel rooms often with a garage for the car), motels, motor lodges and more.
I decided to start keeping a list of them and that is what this page will be for.
- All Star Motel in Salt Lake City.
- Alta Motel in Salt Lake City.
- Apache Motel in Moab.
- Astro Motel at 323 S Main St in Cedar City.
- Atomic Motel in Moab.
- Big “D” Motel in St. George.
- Blue Pine in Panguitch.
- Bradfield Motor Lodge in Salt Lake.
- Brunger Motel in Mt. Pleasant.
- Canyon Inn in Panguitch.
- Capitol Motel at 1749 S State St in Salt Lake City.
- Carolina Pines in St. George.
- Colombian Inn in Provo.
- Colonial Motor Court in St. George.
- Continental Motel at 819 W North Temple in Salt Lake.
- Country Paradise Motel in Gunnison.
- Delano Motel in Beaver.
- Eagle’s Roost in Beaver.
- El Pace’o Lodge in St George.
- El Rey Motel in Cedar City.
- Galaxie Motel in Brigham City.
- Hail’s Motel in St. George.
- Hall’s Campground was one of the earliest, cabins where Nisson Park is now located in Washington.
- The Haven Motel in St. George.
- Hi-Way 89 Lodge in Panguitch.
- Hotel Utah Motor Lodge in Salt Lake.
- Imperial 400 Motel in Ogden.
- Lunt Motel in Salt Lake.
- Main Street Motel in Salt Lake
- Milne Motor Court (Dixie Palms Motel) in St. George.
- Mission Auto Court in Price.
- Mountair Motel in Richfield.
- Motel St. George in St. George.
- New America Motor Lodge in Salt Lake.
- New Valley Café and Motel in Orderville.
- Ranch Motel in Salina.
- Red Cloud Lodge in Vernal.
- River Side Tourist Park in Provo.
- Robber’s Roost Motel in Green River.
- Royal Inn Motel in Provo.
- Rugged West Motel in St. George.
- Safari Motel in Nephi.
- Sands Motel in Kanab.
- Sands Motel in Panguitch.
- Sands Motel in St. George.
- Scenic Motel in Salt Lake.
- Siesta Motel in Salt Lake.
- Sleepy Hollow in Green River.
- Sleepy Lagoon in Beaver.
- South Pine in Beaver.
- Spiking Tourist Lodge in Salt Lake.
- Spinning Wheel (originally Robinson Hotel) in Fillmore.
- The Stag Motel in Beaver.
- Stardust Motel in St. George.
- Starlite Motel in Nephi.
- Sun-n-Sand Motel in Kanab.
- Tom’s Deluxe Cottages in Panguitch.
- Twin Oaks in St. George.
- Uptown Motel in Salt Lake.
- Utah Motel in Moab.
- Western Safari Motel in St. George.
- World Motor Hotel in Salt Lake.
- Zions Motel (formerly Tourist) at 1829 S State St in Salt Lake City.