W.W. Naylor had previously owned more than a dozen Tiny's Waffle Shops in Central California.
[1] Naylor moved to Los Angeles and hired architect Douglas Honnold[1] to design an eye-catching drive-in restaurant at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Hollywood.
[2] Actor Humphrey Bogart compared the slanted canopy roof of the building to "a huge bird about to take off.".
[3] The restaurant featured Googie architecture and carhop service, and claimed to be the birthplace of the Patty melt.
[8] Biff's daughter Jennifer Naylor, a chef in Malibu, consulted on the revamped menu.