The site was first developed in 1919 as an airfield for Cecil B. DeMille. From 1935 until the early 1950s, a drive-in restaurant thrived there. In 1955 the Googie structure opened as Romeo's Times Square and was renamed Johnie's in 1966. Now owned by 99 Cents Only Stores, which has rented it out as a film location many times, the building has been closed since 2000.