Mae West: Ontario Oddity

Tabloids were abuzz recently with the news that a certain former athlete, who murdered his beautiful estranged wife, Nicole, was refused service at a restaurant not far from the Kentucky Derby. Perhaps that sparked this questionable "remembrance" about MAE WEST.
• • Writing for the Daily Bulletin, Canadian columnist David Allen recalls an Ontario diner owner who said, 'Go east, Mae West'!
• • According to David Allen: Ford Lunch was a cafe at Euclid and A streets in Ontario in the mid-century. Ford was sometimes visited by people headed for Palm Springs, including Hollywood celebrities, since A Street, now Holt Boulevard, was the pre-freeway route. But apparently not all of the notables were allowed in, according to Darlene Blocker of Ontario, whose grandfather, Gene Rock, cooked at Ford and at nearby Coffee John's.
• • "I remember a story of Mae West stopping at Ford Lunch on her way to Palm Springs," Darlene Blocker said. "The owner, Frank Hobart, wouldn't serve her 'type'." . . .
• • Source: The Daily Bulletin [Ontario, Canada]
• • Byline: David Allen, Columnist
• • Published: 20 May 2007
• • Can we trust Darlene Blocker's memory when it comes to Mae West?
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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