The Original Nut Tree Restaurant (site) (Vacaville, California)

 restaurant, place with historical importance, historical layer / disappeared object

The original Nut Tree started as a fruit stand and the first permanent restaurant building opened in 1921. The Toy Shop and the Nut Tree Railroad opened in 1952. The railroad had a quarter-mile track running through the Nut Tree orchards and gardens. The Nut Tree Airport opened in 1955. A new Dining Room opened in 1958. In 1962 the U.S. Post Office designated the area Nut Tree, CA. The Nut Tree Coffee Shop opened across interstate 80 in 1965. In 1970-71 a new bake shop and merchandise area opened. In 1970 the Nut Tree Airport was donated to Solano County.

The famous black walnut tree that the Nut Tree was named after was planted in 1859 and died in 1952. It grew from a nut picked up on the Gila River, in Arizona, by Josiah Allison, one of a party crossing the plains to California.

The Nut Tree was closed from about 1996 until 2006 when the new Nut Tree opened.

www.nuttreeusa.com/