Mike, and OCThen reader, submits his memory of going to Tustin Inn in the 1970's...
I was a new Marine stationed at El Toro from Feb. to May in 1970. I was only 18 and the only place that would serve us off-base was the Tustin Inn. I was told it was an "Okie" bar. The juke box was all country.
They knew we were under age and would only serve us pitchers of beer which came with a glass of tomato juice to make "Montana Bloody Marys".
None of us had a car so we walked through orange groves to get to the Inn.
For a kid from South Philly, California was a land of wonder and infinite possibilities.
Having spent so much time in Santa Ana and Lake Forest, I don't recall Tustin Inn. But I wonder if it might the same as "Little Red Inn", which we previously mentioned here...
http://www.octhen.com/2007/10/little-red-inn-of-tustin.htm
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The Tustin Inn is different from The Little Red Inn. The Tustin Inn is still there on 1st street. In all my years, I can't say that I've ever been inside it though I have been to most of the dive bars in that area.
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