Walker’s Then & Now

Walkers, 1958.
Walkers, 1958.

Walker’s was an iconic Susanville institution for nearly forty years. It first started as a small hamburger and shake stand on the corner of Main and Alexander Avenue.  It later expanded into a full-fledged restaurant that was popular with the locals and travelers, too. In the 1970s, the City of Susanville made a realignment to Alexander Avenue, and the gas station was moved next door.

August 6, 2016
August 6, 2016

For the past several years the  building has undergone extensive renovations. There is a lot of speculation what the former Walker’s is going to be reincarnated into. In due time, we will find out one day.

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3 thoughts on “Walker’s Then & Now”

  1. I think it started as a TASTY FREEZE about 1950 + or- a couple of years . I think it had the first soft ice cream machine in Susanville, Calif.

  2. Walker’s Coffee Shop had a sign above the shop that read “Walker’s Coffee Shop -a good place to fill your family “? Sometime in the 1960s or early 1970s someone climbed up there and painted over the “f” in “fill” with a “k”. A great place to kill your family (!!). If memory serves me correctly , amazingly, it stayed that way for several years. Does anyone remember that?

  3. Yes. In fact, I think it was eventually fixed, only to have the “f” replaced with a “k” again.

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