Musso & Frank is a time machine. Red-leather banquettes, bow-tied waiters, and the radiocarbon-dated decor all have the musty charm of the old relative you love to see every Christmas Eve. Opened in 1919 by Joseph Musso and Frank Toulet, this restaurant has welcome the biggest and oldest Hollywood personalities, along with the city’s first pay-phone. Nowadays, people come for the atmosphere and cocktails rather than for the food, which is delightfully anachronistic: large selection of American steaks, Thermidor lobster, Welsh rarebit, and the famous chicken pie exclusively available on Thursdays. Seen in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Musso & France is something of the past but full of charm, just like Dan Tana’s or Grill on the Alley… With the Screen Writer’s Guild just a stone’s throw away, the old times’ greatest authors would come find inspiration at Musso & Frank’s bar, scribbling down ideas while they chewed on their cocktail’s olive. Bear in mind that the bartender who will prepare your martini is likely to have served the same drink, just a few years ago, to Francis Scott Fitzgerald or Aldous Huxley…
Style: American
Address: 6667 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Hollywood)
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-11pm, Sunday 4-9PM
Menu: mussoandfrank.com
Price: Entrees $20-49
Reservations: (323) 467-7788 or here