{"id":15696,"date":"2009-04-23T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T10:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/?p=15696"},"modified":"2019-01-27T04:47:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T04:47:57","slug":"original-mikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/2009\/04\/23\/original-mikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Mike\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Ruins to Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Big Mike Harrah, the largest tenant improvement contractor in Orange County, California, spotted what was left of the United Auto Building in Santa Ana, California, he wasn\u2019t repulsed, he was enthused.\u201d Don Weberg of Garage Style Magazine profiles Mike Harrah\u2019s transformation of the first car dealership in Orange County to Original Mike\u2019s Restaurant.\u00a0 Located at First and Main in the heart of downtown Santa Ana, Original Mike\u2019s is part restaurant, part auto museum and part history.\u00a0 Given the \u201cBest Restaurant and Bar\u201d award by Dining Out magazine in 2006 and 2007, Original Mike\u2019s offers a variety of dishes from large, juicy burgers to fish plates and steaks prepared exactly as prescribed by the customer. Tables and booths are intermingled between vehicles ranging from historic Harley Davidson motorcycles, to Santa Ana\u2019s first fire engine (built in 1919) to the only Murphy-Bodied 1929 Packard Touring Sedan ever built, ordered originally by the President of Mexico.\u00a0 The building\u2019s historic character was kept intact by Mike\u2019s construction crews who preserved the leaded glass windows, wood beam ceilings and octagonal tile floor.\u00a0 Myriads of photos of both Santa Ana and the building, circa 1890- 1933 grace the walls. Original Mike\u2019s slogan is, \u201cgood cookin,\u2019 good eatin,\u2019 and good livin\u2019\u201d and it\u2019s clear the restaurant lives up to it.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"jce_file\" title=\"Read More in the Spring 2009 Garage Style Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/images\/stories\/Magazine\/Garage-Mag-1.pdf\">Read More in the Spring 2009 Garage Style Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Ruins to Restaurant \u201cWhen Big Mike Harrah, the largest tenant improvement contractor in Orange County, California, spotted what was left of the United Auto Building in Santa Ana, California, he wasn\u2019t repulsed, he was enthused.\u201d Don Weberg of Garage Style Magazine profiles Mike Harrah\u2019s transformation of the first car dealership in Orange County to Original Mike\u2019s Restaurant.\u00a0 Located at First and Main in the heart of downtown Santa Ana, Original Mike\u2019s is part restaurant, part auto museum and part history.\u00a0 Given the \u201cBest Restaurant and Bar\u201d award by Dining Out magazine in 2006 and 2007, Original Mike\u2019s offers a variety of dishes from large, juicy burgers to fish plates and steaks prepared exactly as prescribed by the customer. Tables and booths are intermingled between vehicles ranging from historic Harley Davidson motorcycles, to Santa Ana\u2019s first fire engine (built in 1919) to the only Murphy-Bodied 1929 Packard Touring Sedan ever built, ordered originally by the President of Mexico.\u00a0 The building\u2019s historic character was kept intact by Mike\u2019s construction crews who preserved the leaded glass windows, wood beam ceilings and octagonal tile floor.\u00a0 Myriads of photos of both Santa Ana and the building, circa 1890- 1933 grace the walls. Original Mike\u2019s slogan is, \u201cgood cookin,\u2019 good eatin,\u2019 and good livin\u2019\u201d and it\u2019s clear the restaurant lives up to it. 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