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atworkkit

Still wondering what this sign from my childhood meant...

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Hey friends,

I grew up in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, going to a sushi restaurant called Tatsuki on Ventura Blvd and Baza Avenue. There was a sign above the Tatsuki sign that I distinctly remember saying "Valentino After Five," but that sign is no longer there. I can only remember the other businesses being a dry cleaner, a tattoo shop, and a vacuum repair shop. Any thoughts? For some reason this has been on my mind for 20+ years.

Attaching an image of the signage, it was the top circular one; https://ibb.co/HBPChfP

Posted Jun 20, 2022, 10:57 PM UTC

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oldfrenchwhore•

If the restaurant is quite old, they may have had a lounge singer or musical act that played there regularly back in the 50/60/70s. This was a thing back then.

some examples

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permabanned007•

Hey there, fellow valley person!

Sounds like a bar or cocktail lounge. Lots of those little strip malls have a pretty standard distribution of businesses - nails, massage, bar/lounge, convenience store, restaurant, and now we can add dispensary to that list. I can think of several strip malls in the valley with this distribution.

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dingoes_everywhere•

I'm guessing dance studio. There used to be a studio/club in Burbank called After Five that taught Argentine Tango. Maybe this was an incarnation/offshoot of that, and the Valentino image clearly fits.

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permabanned007•

This is also highly plausible!

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patti63•

It could’ve been a Tuxedo rental shop. The “after five” is the part that jogs my memory of a similar or same named chain of tux shops

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Beerpongbabyman•

Could they have meant Valet after 5? Car valet

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radiatorheadchild•

Here's a picture of the original signage, which does indeed say Valentino After Five:

https://www.yellowpages.com/woodland-hills-ca/mip/restaurant-tatsuki-1590581

The restaurant opened in around 2000.

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radiatorheadchild•

Also still there in August 2007. https://goo.gl/maps/LMpJCSryTVMsxeUH6

Gone by May 2012.

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olliegw•

Perhaps some obscure local music artist by the name of valentino performed there

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the_p0ssum•

You might just try dropping Tatsuki a note to see if they know the history.

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ChicagoColecoChick•

Could it have been a women’s clothing shop?

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