Ken Jeffries, KABC NEWS
An LA Landmark has a new name for now…the unveiling of BERNIE’s COFFEE SHOP took place Thursday night.
It’s the building that housed Johnie’s Coffee Shop and Restaraunt..off Wilshire and Fairfax…given a new name and sign and a Bernie Sanders mural…..inside are phone banks and volunteers who are “feeling the Bern” you might say…
The countdown to the unveiling of the new signs proclaiming BERNIE’s Coffee Shop at Wilshire and Fairfax was held Thursday night. Actress Frances Fisher was one of the notables on hand.
“We’ve got people phone banking and we’ve got people canvassing in the back…there are sign up sheets”, said Fisher. How long will this stay open? “…Until he wins the presidency”.
Howard Gold…whose family owns the property…commented on how they were able to turn the certified landmark building it into something political…”Well, we haven’t really done anything to transform it..we just put up some signs and didn’t destroy the integrity of the landmark.”