The Downtown Fullerton has gone through a tremendous renaissance in the past 5 years. It has become a MUST visit area for us when hosting out of town friends. The options range from a nice quiet evening at the Twisted Vine to kicking it up at the Slide Bar to some awesome live Jazz.

I have to tell you, downtown Fullerton has not always been this nice. I spent the early part of my career working in downtown Fullerton and back then it was a scary place! I mean it was not the place to be particularly at night. The train station doubled as a place for some pretty sketchy people to hang out at. Most of the buildings on Harbor were vacant and their former grandeur while evident was sorely in need of some serious TLC. The Fox Theater built in 1925 was long closed with the roof caving in and scheduled for the wrecking ball. I think the only thing holding up some of these buildings was the termites holding hands! 

Fast forward 30 years and WOW is all I can say! Those old buildings have character and wonderful architecture and now that they have been restored to their earlier grandeur it's like stepping back 90+ years. The Fox Theater was within weeks of demolition and it took some serious effort from the “Save the Fox Theater” group and some last minute donations to get it done. I have included an additional link here All about Fullerton for things to do in the city. I hope the next time you are at Disneyland you take some time and go visit downtown Fullerton. It’s on the same street as Disneyland maybe 2-3 miles north. Come check it out, you won’t be disappointed!