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©2014 R.B.Enterprises, Camarillo CA 93011 Phone: 1 (805) 437-6218 email: ritch@venturatoday.net
These pages started with just a handful of locally owned & operated businesses that lasted more than a generation (20 years).
The lists have now grown to include some businesses that made a lasting impression in a shorter amount of time.
So pick your city and enjoy a trip down memory lane.
Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.
Ventura
SOME CONTINUING LEGENDS:
Art & Jenny's Sewing
Machine Center
Avenue Hardware
Avenue Tire
Avenue Wheel &
Alignment
Barber Ford
Beachfronter
Apartments
Bench Warmer
Bob Carlson Towing
Busy Bee
Cabrillo Pharmacy
California Oaks
Realtors
California Office
Equipment
Carpeteria
Casa de Soria
Cavalier Men's
Hairstyling
Center Glass
Clarke's Liquor
College Pharmacy
Culligan
Dexter's Camera
Evita's
FJ Hairstyling
Firestone Tires
Five Points Car Wash
Five Points Liquor
Foster Freeze
Frank's Market
Fred Short Realtor
Golf N Stuff
Green Thumb
Green's Entomological
H & H Liquor
Herald Printing
Hong Kong Inn
Howery's Brake
House Paper
John Pence Building
Specialties
Johnnie's Mexican
Food
Keynote Lounge
Lights Beautiful
Lynn's Jewelry
Mac's Upholstery
Mandell's Liquor
Matilija Water
Meta Market
Molnar Bros. VW
Service
Muntz Stereo
Noyes Plumbing
Offshore Crane
Oilfield Service &
Trucking
Peking Inn
Pierpont Inn
Plum Lift A Door
Poinsettia Bowl
Rayco Roofing
Reid's Appliance
Salzer's
Sans Souci
Santino's Pizza
See's Candy Shop
Solari's Liquor
Sportsman
Star Lounge
Taft Electric
Taylor Pest Control
The Gym
The Wharf
Tipps Thai
Tolman & Wiker
Tony's Pizzeria
Top Hat
Tri-County Locksmiths
Unique Cleaners
Vagabond Coffee Shop
Van Gundy Jewelers
Ventura Harley
Davidson
Ventura Leather
Ventura Locksmiths
Ventura Muffler
Ventura Radiator
Ventura Townehouse
Ventura Travel
Ventura Trophy
Vic's Plumbing Supply
Young's Fix It Shop
LEGENDS NOW GONE, BUT LEAVING MEMORIES WITH US:
Crocker Bank
CrossroadsDarden &
Randall Buick
Dave's Delicatessen
Derrick Room
DiFiori's Italian Deli
Don's Drive In
Dorothy's Beauty Box
Drug King
El Charrito Mexican
Restaurant
Elephant Bar
Ernesto's Mexican
Restaurant
F. W. Woolworth
Federated
Fiesta Restaurant
Fotomat
Fox Theatre
Franky's Place
Franz & Franz
Rexall Drug
Fuddrucker's
Gene Lewis
Service Station
Gin Mill
Godley Business Machines
Grace Scott Shop
Granny's Camper Sales
Granny's Pantry
Great Eastern Dept. Store
Great Eastern Dress Shop
Green Mill Ballroom
Hal Dikes Chevron
Hamilton Diamond Co.
Harris Motor Co.
Harry's Market
Heck Music
Hess Hardware
Hibb's Clothing Co.
Hickey Hardware
Hickory Farms
Hi Ho Burgers
Hill's Drug Store
Hot Dog
House of Pies
House of Spirits
Howard Johnson's
Huck Finn Motors
Huffman Finance
Hungry Hunter
Hunt's China Shop
Imperial Savings &
Loan
Ironsides
J & M Burgers
J.J. Newberry's
Jack LaLanne's
Jack Rose Dress Shop
Jaffe's Camera
Jim & TinaÕs
Coffee Shop
John's at the Beach
Johnny's Sight & Sound
Joseph Magnin
Jue's Market
Julio's Shoe Repair
Karl's Shoe Store
Ken Dole Factory
Tire Outlet
Ken Simonson
Hi Fi & TV
Kimo's Polynesian
King & I
Kingston Florist
Kinney Shoes
Klemm's Market
KUDU Radio
La Casita
Spanish Food
Seaview Restaurant
on the Pier
Security Pacific Bank
Servisoft Water
Conditioning
Sewelson & Cooper
Carpets
Shade Decor
Shakey's Pizza
Small World
Smarty Look
Snooty Fox Antiques
Standard Beauty
Supply
Stellar's Jewelry
Straw Hat Pizza
Strimple's Bakery
Swanee's Drive-In
Swedish Kitchen
Tam O' Shanter
Ted & Bob's
Auto Repair
Ted's Sizzlin' Steaks
The Castle
The Hub
The Stardust
The Taco House
The Windsor Shop
Thermo Heating
ThriftiMart
Tickertape
Toby's Kitchen Store
Tog N' Jean
Top Hat
Towne & Country
Drive In
Travis Music
Trueblood's
Union National Bank
United Engraving
Universal Ford
Valley Federal Savings
Ventura Book Store
Ventura Department
Store
Ventura Florist
Ventura Lumber
Ventura Motors
Ventura Nursery
Ventura Printing
Ventura Savings &
Loan
Ventura Toys
Ventura Typewriter
Vetco Offshore
Video Super Shop
Von's Flower Shop
Vreeland Cadillac
Warren's Restaurants
Weatherly Motors
Weber & Cooper
Auto Sales
Weiner Works
Wellman Jue's
Paradise
Westland Savings &
Loan
Wheaton Plastics
Whipple Chrysler
Plymouth
White Bib
William Dennis
Surf Shop
Willi Walker's
Sewing Center
Willis & Griffith
Insurance
Woolworth's
Worldwide Travel
Yankee Clipper
Youngsterville
Your City Market
Zdenek's Plantation
A & E Printing
A & W Root Beer
Drive In
A&P Market
Admiral's Table
AdRay's
Akron
All American Sporting
Goods
All Pro Sporting Goods
Allied Construction
American Commercial
Bank
American Theatre
American Welding
Andy's Barbeque
Heaven
Art's Barber Shop
Arvind's Bar & Grill
Ashton's Market
AVCO Savings & Loan
Austin's Upholstery
Shop
AVCO Savings
Avenue Bowl
BJ's Steak & Lobster
Bahn's Jewelers
Ban Dar
Bananas
Bank of A. Levy
Bank of California
Barr's Bakery
Barrel Inn
Batten's Bootery
Beck, Brown & Dwire
Bell Mattress
Bell's Country Store
Beno's
Bergers
Big Al's Old
Mountainhouse
Big Green House
Bill Arnold's Drug Store
Blair's Cafe
Blue Chip Stamp Redemption Store
Bob's B & L Tire
Bob Stuart's Toyland
Brands Buena
Pharmacy
Brass Knob Restaurant
Breezin' Surfboards
Brigham's
Broadway
Brookside Winery
Buena Barber Shop
Buffalo Bill's Bar-B-Q
Buena Stationers
Buena Theatre
Bush Drug Co.
Captain's Table
Cardona's Liquor
Carpet Town
Cartwright's
Casa Maria's
Chapparal
Charley Brown's
Chick's Spudnut
Children's Bootery
Children's Shoe Corner
Chinese Garden
Restaurant
Circus Wagon
Cleck's Beef & Bourbon
Coast Hardware
Coco's Recreation
Village
Colonial Flower Shop
Commercial & Farmers
National Bank
Copymat
County Stationers
Crawford Chevrolet
Laura Louise
School of Dance
Leon Walker Furniture
Lindsay Insurance
Loops Restaurant
Lou Munding's 76
Louis A. Snow
Love's Wood
Pit Barbecue
Lowell's Town &
Country
Lumber City
Mary Michel's Clothing
Masterson Motors
Maxwell's Restaurant
Mayfair Market
Mayfair Theatre
McConica Motors
Mel's 577 Club
Merle's Drive In
Merryman's Dry
Cleaners
Mets Nursery
Mills Jewelers
Minnie Pearl's
Mission Theatre
Mode-O-Day
Moe's Barber Shop
Mohr's Furniture
Montgomery Ward
Mound Nursery
Mr. Lucky's
Music Box
Neilsen Tire
Niederhauser Cadillac
Noren's Market
Old Mexico
Old Vienna
Opal Fort Cleaners
Otwell Oil Tools
Pacific 101
Drive-In Theatre
Pacific Stereo
Palace Barber Shop
Paramount Bootery
Paris Cleaners
Party Palace
Pastry Palace
Pat's Cafe
Peacocke Carpet Co.
People's Lumber
Pet World
Pet N Basket
Petro Shore Travel
Pier Fish House
Piggly Wiggly Market
Pirates Den
Pizza Palace
Plaza Players Theatre
Postal Instant Press
Prosser's Bread Co.
Pump Room
Rain's Shoe Co.
Red Balloon Restaurant
Red Hen Restaurant
Rendezvous
Roller Station
Ronald Banks
Men's Wear
Rose Department Store
S&H Green Stamps
Safeco Title
Safeway Markets
Santa Clara House
Santa Cruz Markets
Santa Paula
Savings & Loan
Saticoy Meat Packing
Sawyer College
Schafer Sporting Goods
Scotch & Sirloin
Scott's Apparel
Schreiber's
Seafood & Beverage