Years ago and miles away. I remember Positanos (not far from where I lived), Pandora's Box, Venice West, the Golden Bear and Java Jive (good coffee, good recorded music in Santa Monica) ... plus a few that weren't coffee houses, but had some good music, like: The Troubadour, The Insomniac (across the street from The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach), and, a couple years later, Fred C. Dobbs and The Trip on the Sunset Strip just up from Pandora's Box.

As John sez - there were dozens that sprang up, had their moment and faded from the scene. Good times. Bob (living in New Zealand since 1974)
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