L.A.'s legendary restaurants: celebrating the famous places where Hollywood ate, drank, and played

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"[This book] is an illustrated history of dozens of landmark eateries from throughout the City of Angels. From such classics as Musso & Frank and The Brown Derby in the 1920s to the see-and-be-seen crowds at Chasen's, Romanoffs, and Ciro's in the mid-20th century to the dawn of California cuisine at Ma Maison and Spago Sunset in the 1970s and '80s, [this book] celebrates the famous locations where Hollywood ate, drank, and played. Author George Geary leads you into the glamorous restaurants inhabited by the stars through a lively narrative filled with colorful anecdotes and illustrated with vintage photographs, historic menus, and timeless ephemera. Over 100 iconic recipes for entrees, appetizers, desserts, and drinks are included. But [this book] contains much more than the fancy, high-priced restaurants favored by the Hollywood cognoscenti. The glamour of the golden age of drive-ins, drugstores, nightclubs, and hotels are also honored. What book on L.A. restaurants would be complete without tales of ice cream sundaes at C.C. Brown's, cafeteria-style meals at Clifton's, or a mai tai at Don the Beachcomber? Most of the locations in [this book] no longer exist, but thanks to George Geary, the memories are still with us"--Amazon.com.;Recipes. Drinks ; Appetizers ; Soups, salads, & sandwiches ; Dressings ; Breads ; Entrées ; Sauces ; Side dishes ; Desserts -- Foreword, by Barbara Fairchild -- Introduction -- C.C. Brown's -- Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery -- Musso & Frank Grill -- Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel -- Tam O'Shanter Inn -- Formosa Café -- The Brown Derby -- Pig 'n Whistle -- Taix French Restaurant -- Bullocks Wilshire Tea Roopm -- Zebra Room at the Town House of Lafayette Park -- Tick Tock Tea Room -- Perino's -- Schwab's Pharmacy -- Don the Beachcomber -- Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria -- Chasen's -- Cock 'n Bull -- Florentine Gardens -- Romanoff's -- Hollywood Palladium -- Ciro's -- Tiny Naylor's -- Scandia -- Miceli's -- Hamburger Hamlet -- Ben Frank's -- Lawry's California Center -- L'Escoffier at the Beverly Hilton -- Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hilton -- La Scala -- Cyrano -- Chez Jay -- Dan Tana's -- Ma Maison -- Carlos 'n Charlie's -- L'Ermitage -- Hamptons -- L'Orangerie -- Le Dome -- Michael's -- Spago Sunset -- 72 Market Street Oyster Bar & Grill. Recipes. Drinks Appetizers Soups, salads, & sandwiches Dressings Breads Entrées Sauces Side dishes Desserts -- Foreword, by Barbara Fairchild -- Introduction -- C.C. Brown's -- Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery -- Musso & Frank Grill -- Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel -- Tam O'Shanter Inn -- Formosa Café -- The Brown Derby -- Pig 'n Whistle -- Taix French Restaurant -- Bullocks Wilshire Tea Roopm -- Zebra Room at the Town House of Lafayette Park -- Tick Tock Tea Room -- Perino's -- Schwab's Pharmacy -- Don the Beachcomber -- Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria -- Chasen's -- Cock 'n Bull -- Florentine Gardens -- Romanoff's -- Hollywood Palladium -- Ciro's -- Tiny Naylor's -- Scandia -- Miceli's -- Hamburger Hamlet -- Ben Frank's -- Lawry's California Center -- L'Escoffier at the Beverly Hilton -- Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hilton -- La Scala -- Cyrano -- Chez Jay -- Dan Tana's -- Ma Maison -- Carlos 'n Charlie's -- L'Ermitage -- Hamptons -- L'Orangerie -- Le Dome -- Michael's -- Spago Sunset -- 72 Market Street Oyster Bar & Grill.