Fair enough. I haven’t been there in decades. But I have driven past it many times. Curious, did it look like it was attracting customers? Restaurant is a tough business especially for what is essentially a roadside diner. Yes it was an attraction, but these days nearly every offramp along the highway has some drive through junky fast food place. I am wondering if the clientele demographics hasn’t changed a lot such that people these days don’t want to stop, get out of the car, sit for a meal etc. They just want to grab, grub and go.
BTW The place was sentimental to us. We went there last year for our 50th anniversary.
I was assigned to Vandenberg AFB at Lompoc about 30 miles away in 1972. My wife and I liked eating there because it was cheap for a junior enlisted man.