Photos: The new Clifton’s cafeteria, reopened for business

Adam Stryder, 32, right, controls foot traffic at the door where people are lined up at Clifton’s cafeteria. The historic restaurant on Broadway in downtown L.A. has reopened with many of the original touches it had for decades.

A line outside Clifton’s cafeteria, which was established in the 1930s with a California redwoods theme.

Derek Metallo, 25, works one of the bars inside Clifton’s cafeteria. More than 14,000 people have come through the doors since the restaurant reopened on Oct. 1.

Clifton’s cafeteria reopened Oct. 1. It’s back under new ownership after a five-year, $10-million renovation.

Cashier Kristian Jeff, 19, helps a customer during reopening weekend at Clifton’s cafeteria. Once everything is open, there will be two restaurants and five bars.

Peggy McWilliams, 76, right, chats with her husband Brian Flessas, 70, while sitting at the bar in Clifton’s cafeteria. “I love it. I mean, I still love it,” said McWilliams, who had last visited the restaurant in 1952.