Yup. CLEAR WITH A CIVILIAN PT. 1 was the one I saw today (3-12-12) on MeTV.

I remember seeing a large Biff’s sign in either Burbank or North Hollywood up until the mid 90’s. Can you please list the addresses (or nearest cross-streets) of these two locations? BTW, MeTV (a network on many digital sub-channels of TV stations including Ch. 56, KDOC in the LA area) run Dragnet and Adam 12 back-to-back M-F, 10am-11am). I just saw the Biff’s sign in Adam 12 TODAY! It was a night shot. I’ll see if I can find the name of the episode for you. Thanks again!

Actually it was “Rip” Masters ( for Ripley) and there were Biff’s resturants in many places in the U.S. They were pretty much as seen on Adam 12.        -Old enough to remember  [8D]

Biff’s appears in the episode “clear with a civilian, part 1”

In some episodes of “Adam-12” the officers are shown eating at a place called “Biff’s”.  Most of the scenes are of the interior variety but there are a couple of shots of the exterior.  The sign features dark script on a backlit rectangular background and I think it might be a drive-in as well as a sit-down restaurant.
 
The interior was almost undoubtedly a set but could the exterior shots been of a real restaurant?  Was there an actual “Biff’s” someplace in Los Angeles in the late ’60s and early ’70s?
 
After “Adam-12” is over “Dragnet” comes on, but so far I haven’t seen Joe and Bill eat anything other than takeout from an unseen sandwich shop across the street from the station.[;)]
 
Brad

My Dad (Paul Hultman) bought five Biff’s Restaurants in the Los Angeles area 1964 when I was nine. It was too costly to change the name so he kept it and eventually opened more restaurants with the Biff’s name. I remember as kids we were excited to watch Adam-12 to see the Hollywood location of Dad’s Biff’s restaurant on TV. I have tried to find which episode or episodes but there are so many on Hulu.com. I remember outside scenes definitely and possibly some inside scenes, so it might have not been a set as you think.
Here’s a partial url of an early menu:  worthpoint.com/worthopedia/biffs-coffee-shop-restaurant-vintage-menu

So, YES, there really was a Biff’s!

Ask anyone who lived in Santa Monica or Reseda, California during the Seventies and they have happy memories of Biff’s.
The locations I know of were:
Hollywood (in Adam-12)
North Hollywood? (might have been used for Adam-12)
Reseda
Northridge
L.A. 7th and Alvarado (was in the movie “A Patch of Blue.”)
Santa Monica 3rd and Wilshire
Burbank
Encino
Long Beach, CA. (Dad sold that soon after buying it)

As this is a food forum, my Dad made sure the food was fresh and high quality, the kitchens CLEAN, he switched from using creamer to half and half in all the Biff’s (not done in coffee shops back then), used Blum’s Fudge sauce for hot fudge sundaes, invented a Sirloin Steak toasted sandwich on french bread which we kids got to taste test (yum) but I stuck to my tried and true Patty Melt on rye with grilled onions and an ice cream shake (3 choices, vanilla, strawberry or chocolate). BTW, it was never a drive-in or drive-thru. As soon as he could, my Dad upgraded the atmosphere and menu of Biff’s.

Ahh, The Spaghetti Factory.  I always ordered the 3 sauce on spaghetti dish.

It was fun, but not good enough to sustain a customer base.

Do you remember Merlin MdFly’s?

Ok, this is funny. I was actually watching Adam 12 and have been recording all of the addresses they take calls from to map out the area they patrolled on the TV show (talk about too much time on your hands!!). I am also interested in the historical places in the show and just saw Biff’s in Season 1, Episode 25. This is about the 3rd episode I have seen it in in Season 1. If I see it in more episodes, I’ll post here so you can see your Dad’s restaurant and keep a record of when they appeared in Adam-12.   🙂
 
 
Chris

Thanks 6star for posting that link.
It’s a super interesting site and I spent time emailing back and forth with the site owner. He’s fascinated with restaurants and all the little details and stories that go with them. He’s going to post more info on Biff’s soon.

Thanks Mar52!
What a small world!!
Your parents sound very smart.

The area didn’t look so bad on google maps panoramic view, but I wouldn’t want to send anyone to the area now. When I go to LA now it’s to catch a plane at LAX and I always take the pretty shortcut through MDR.

We used to go to the Old Spaghetti House in Venice in the Seventies and I catch myself looking for it or looking for the big brick building it was in. That place was awesome and always busy. I wonder what happened to it?

I looked on Google maps and the Biff’s location is a check cashing establishment and across the street is a Langers? coffee shop.

Delicatessen. In business since 1947.[/h1]

Which squad car?  The Plymouth or the AMC?  Is there a place named “Biff’s” in Pittston?[:D]

Brad

 
Whaddaya think Screamin Brad?

You can see Biffs in Adam-12 Season 1, Episode 6 …. about 2/3rds through the program.

I know this thread was from a long time ago, but I looked Biff’s up when I saw it on an Adam-12 episode to see if I could find out where it was. I live in Ohio now, but I grew up in Lancaster, lived in Reseda and graduated from Cal State Northridge.
 
I saw one of the locations (it had a big glass greenhouse like wall on the right side) on episode log 161. “And you want me to get married?”, that originally aired on October 26, 1968. I saw someone listed it as ”
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I believe I may have eaten in one of your restaurants, as we went down into the valley and into Hollywood an awful lot, as my parents had friends there.
 
Very interesting.
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Which squad car?  The Plymouth or the AMC?  Is there a place named “Biff’s” in Pittston?[:D]

Brad

The Plymouth.  I’ll try to get a pic next time I see him.  The car is perfectly restored. 
 
An AMC police car?  Tough to be taken serious in that one.
 
No Biff’s in Pittston.  In fact we don’t even allow guys named Biff in pittston.[lol]

A guy named Biff,  would last about an hour in prison![;)]
Edit: except for Biff Masters, Rin Tin Tin!

What a thread. Welcome IM. Love old tv shows and like that channel.