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  • Retro rehab: A new version of Watson’s is set to open Monday

    03/21/2016 3:17:21 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 12 replies
    Orange County Register ^ | March 21, 2016 | Brooke E. Seipel
    ORANGE – Jim Reeves grew up eating burgers at Watson’s. The 57-year-old, who says his family moved to Orange in 1893 “in a covered wagon ... before Watson’s opened,” says his parents also ate at Watson’s. So did his grandparents. Watson’s, which opened in 1899 as the drugstore in downtown Orange, is one of the county’s oldest businesses. It’s where Tom Hanks filmed part of “That Thing You Do!” It’s also where George W. Bush once stopped in for a malt. In Orange, Watson’s is an icon. Now, that icon and the town around it are about to change. A...