I wonder how many of you are old enough to remember TIP's Restaurant at the I-5 and Lyons intersection in Newhall/Valencia ? They had the tallest sign for miles so it could be easily seen from the freeway. The restaurant itself wasn't much more than a good diner, but it was the back-room bar which made the place famous, and it starred the world class mixologist Bobby Batugo, his Polynesian drinks won many awards (1'st place ribbons occupied an entire wall). Everything was made from scratch, no bulk purchased commercial mixes in this lounge.
It's truly amazing what we could get away with in the 70's & 80's, for when my buddies and I would make our Tip's runs on our Harley's, we'd be pretty wasted on our return home and often exceeded 100 mph while losing parts off our rides. We'd occasionally see cars pulled over by the CHP, but they always left us alone. Of course, looking back on this, we were foolish to behave this way, we were young & dumb and enjoying the wind in our face and an ultimate freedom, but we all survived it and somehow avoided the DUI's & jail.
