Socially Distanced Road Trip: The Last Surviving Woolworth's Lunch Counter, Found in Bakersfield

On the way to the Sequoias, I told Nathan we were making a quick detour to downtown Bakersfield. I wanted to check out the last remaining Woolworth's lunch counter. Not necessarily to eat there, since I'm still not quite ready to eat at an indoors restaurant. But at least to see it and poke around.

Amazing. The old signage is still up. Woolworth's officially shut down all of its five and dime stores in 1997, although the company exists to this day as Foot Locker. Most Woolworth stores are long gone, but this one in Bakersfield has been repurposed as an antiques store.

 

And here's the diner. Because of the wait, and the aforementioned desire not to eat inside at a restaurant just yet, we were fine with just looking.

This Fun Chicken machine would be fun to have! But way too expensive.