The Original Saugus Café

The first position on the list of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles is the Original Saugus Café. At the north end of the Saugus Rail Depot, James Herbert Tolfree opened the "Saugus Eating House" in 1886. The Southern Pacific rail line, which runs between Los Angeles and San Francisco, made a stop at the train station. The café offered a location for traveling rail passengers to have a snack. Henry Newhall, a local developer, was born in Saugus, Massachusetts, and his hometown inspired the station's name. Simply using the station's name, the café.

The café served meals to two American presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Harrison (1891 and 1903, respectively). There, a New York steak is rumored to have been consumed by President Roosevelt. William Mulholland, the architect of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and Fred Eaton, the mayor of Los Angeles, went by the café to eat.

The Original Saugus Café is the name of the establishment today. On the surface, the café doesn't seem any more notable than any other dining spot, but it has served as a host to presidents, and a string of Hollywood greats, and has welcomed more guests over the years than any other restaurant in Los Angeles County.

Location: Parking lot, 25861 Railroad Ave, Santa Clarita, CA 91355, America
Phone: +1 661-259-7886
Website: facebook.com/thesauguscafe