- Musso and Frank Grill
- Miceli's
Musso and Frank Grill
6667 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
Musso and Frank still offers excellent food in cozy red leather private booths. Service is impeccable. The waiters are professional. It has long been a favorite hangout for neighborhood residents, tourist, celebrities and writers alike.
One reason for it's early success was due to it's location on Hollywood Boulevard. In the early day's of Hollywood, the boulevard was scattered with new and used book shops such as Pickwick Books, Cherokee Bookstore, Larry Edmund's shop at 6658, Hollywood Book and Poster store at 6644 Hollywood Blvd. The boulevard was frequented by readers and writers and screen writers alike.
The Writer's Guild was located across the street in the Hollywood Center building (1655 N. Cherokee Av). This building would later house the basement club the Masque in - the basement.
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Nearby Musso and Frank was one of Hollywood’s most important business establishments - Hollywood Book City, located at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard between Cherokee and Whitley Avenues.
Today, the he interior is a virtual time capsule of how it looked back in the day.One reason for it's early success was due to it's location on Hollywood Boulevard. In the early day's of Hollywood, the boulevard was scattered with new and used book shops such as Pickwick Books, Cherokee Bookstore, Larry Edmund's shop at 6658, Hollywood Book and Poster store at 6644 Hollywood Blvd. The boulevard was frequented by readers and writers and screen writers alike.
The Writer's Guild was located across the street in the Hollywood Center building (1655 N. Cherokee Av). This building would later house the basement club the Masque in - the basement.
Location of the first Writer's Guild
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This retail anchor helped to convince the Writers Guild of America to locate its original headquarters at Hollywood and Cherokee (SW corner) and inspired the creation of the writer’s table at Musso & Franks (Faulkner, Hemingway, West, Chandler, Fitzgerald, etc.). Bookstores were second in importance only to movie theaters on Hollywood Boulevard.
In the 1930's and 40's, Musso and Frank was a favorite hangout for writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Dorothy Parker, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. They would often drink away the night in Musso's back room.
photo by: William Reagh (LAPL)
Today
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Musso and Frank was located across the street from the Masque (in 1978 this club was located in the basement of the Hollywood Center Building).As it is today - Looking north at Musso and Frank from Cherokee Avenue
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1646 N. Las Palmas
Hollywood
Miceli's is another one of the few great family owned Hollywood restaurants that is still around today. It was established in 1949 by Miceli family members; Carmen, Sylvia, Angie, Millie, Tony and Sammy. It was Hollywood's first pizzeria and the oldest Italian restaurant in Hollywood. The food is great with great Italian atmosphere and furnishings (from the original Pig n Whistle). There is also a great piano bar.
Back in the Day
Site Today
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