The Weapon Shop published in "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964". A shop selling "The Finest Energy Weapons in the Known Universe" mysteriously appears in Middle City in June 1947. A reporter, Chris McAllister, enters the shop and suddenly finds himself 7,000 years in the future. The shop's owner and daughter conclude that this was caused by a weapon being turned on the shop by their enemies, the House of Isher. The owner calls several of his friends to the shop and hatch a plan to counteract the weapon. McAllister now holds an enormous temporal charge. If he leaves the
Ships Coffee Shop Cienega. They were open 24 hours, 365 days a year, never closing. The Westwood (two part) Ships CS/CG (Coffee Shop/Chicken Galley) Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue, was the second to open (1958). It closed on Thursday September 20 1984 and was demolished shortly after, to make way for a 20 story office building. The Ships at La Cienega Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard, was the last to open (1963). It closed at 4pm on Wednesday 30 August 1995 and was later demolished. This was the Ships which featured in the film Into The Night. The Culver City Ships at Washington Boulevard