French Cafe - Montebello, CA - Vintage Restaurant - Long Sleeve T-ShirtFrench Cafe opened on Whittier Boulevard in Montebello, California in 1937, promising a taste of Paris in a working class neighborhood. During an era when most small towns offered diners and drive ins, a place like that served something rarer. A community got something elegant, something worth dressing up for. Part of our Vintage Restaurant collection, celebrating the classic American menus of yesteryear. The Details: Distressed navy blue banner at