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Brown Derby was a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles, California. The first and best known was shaped like a derby hat, an iconic image that became synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood. It was opened by Wilson Mizner in 1926. [1] The chain was started by Robert H. Cobb and Herbert K. Somborn (a former husband of film star Gloria Swanson ...
Miceli's is an Italian restaurant located at 1646 N Las Palmas Avenue, half a block south of Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood, California.Open since 1949, it is the oldest Italian restaurant in Hollywood [1] and is known for its singing waitstaff, [2] [3] [4] several of whom were "right off Broadway."
194. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 [ 1] five-pointed terrazzo -and- brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood. The stars, the first of which were permanently installed in 1960, are monuments ...
Musso & Frank Grill. Musso & Frank Grill is a restaurant located at 6667-9 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The restaurant opened in 1919 and is named for original owners Joseph Musso and Frank Toulet. It is the oldest restaurant in Hollywood and has been called "the genesis of Hollywood".
Sidewalks on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard between 21st Avenue and 19th Avenue were widened, allowing for more outdoor cafe space at eateries such as Villa Romana, but 57 street parking ...
The site of Hollywood’s iconic Yamashiro restaurant and its surrounding 7.3 acre property, dubbed “Hollywood Mountain,” are being put on the market with a $100 million asking price. The ...
Michael Romanoff. Harry F. Gerguson (born Hershel Geguzin, February 20, 1890 – September 1, 1971), known as Michael Romanoff, was a Hollywood restaurateur, con man and actor born in Lithuania. He is perhaps best remembered as the owner of the now-defunct Romanoff's, a Beverly Hills restaurant popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 1950s.
The Pig 'n Whistle was originally a chain of restaurants and candy shops, founded by John Gage in 1908. [ 2]: 7 He opened his first location in Downtown Los Angeles, next to the now-demolished 1888 City Hall at 224 S. Broadway. [ 3][ 2]: 7 Restaurateur Sidney Hoedemaker joined the company in 1927 and led expansion efforts throughout Southern ...