Yellow Jacket, La Cañada Flintridge 1950s

Nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, the City of La Cañada Flintridge was incorporated in 1976. Previously, it had been two distinct communities - La Cañada (Spanish for canyon) and Flintridge.

This menu illustration of a cheerful flying insect, complete with chef’s hat and serving a ‘buzzburger,’ was from the Yellow Jacket drive-in.

Located at Foothill Blvd, the restaurant was owned and operated by Lloyd Baumer and his mother Agnes Atol and was a popular eatery serving homemade food such as chili, apple pie and the ‘yellow jacket special’ -a sundae from the fountain for 50c.

We’re not sure when the Yellow Jacket drive-in closed but the Hill Street Café opened in 1991 at the same location.