Garcia stayed employed there through it all.
Then Azar sold it to a group of 12 Orange County business people, who changed the name to Great Expectations.Īfter a series of renovations, they re-opened and changed the name again, this time to Ripples. Garcia worked for her as a waiter from 1968 to 1969. “It was a restaurant and an iconic gay place,” Garcia said, “and it never went straight and he sold it to Mary Azar.”Īzar turned it into Mary’s Celebrity House.