Messhall Kitchen (Los Angeles, California)
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Los Feliz Boulevard, 4500
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4500 Los Feliz Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90027
www.messhallkitchen.com/
Originally part of the Brown Derby chain of restaurants. The domed structure at Los Feliz Boulevard and Hillhurst Avenue in Los Angeles was the fourth Brown Derby, a small restaurant chain popular with the entertainment industry in Hollywood's Golden Age.
With the support of public officials, the former Brown Derby property was declared a historic landmark.
The property has been altered numerous times since it opened in 1929 as a Willard's chicken restaurant. In 1941, it was purchased by legendary director Cecil B. DeMille. He opened the Brown Derby fine dining and 24-hour car service, in keeping with the drive-in restaurant fad of the era.
From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the Brown Derby location was home to Michael's Los Feliz restaurant. It was occupied most recently by a branch of Louise's Trattoria. The owners of Louise's closed it recently. It reopened, in conjunction with restaurateur Bill Chait, as a new eatery called MessHall.
A Chase Bank branch took over the domed portion of the former Brown Derby, preserving the arching wooden ceiling that was a key element of a primitive air conditioning system that allowed water to drip down the sides of the dome and cool the room.
The new owner is CMC Asset Investments Inc., a company owned by the Chu family of Los Feliz, which will operate the property as it is.
Hollywood, CA 90027
www.messhallkitchen.com/
Originally part of the Brown Derby chain of restaurants. The domed structure at Los Feliz Boulevard and Hillhurst Avenue in Los Angeles was the fourth Brown Derby, a small restaurant chain popular with the entertainment industry in Hollywood's Golden Age.
With the support of public officials, the former Brown Derby property was declared a historic landmark.
The property has been altered numerous times since it opened in 1929 as a Willard's chicken restaurant. In 1941, it was purchased by legendary director Cecil B. DeMille. He opened the Brown Derby fine dining and 24-hour car service, in keeping with the drive-in restaurant fad of the era.
From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the Brown Derby location was home to Michael's Los Feliz restaurant. It was occupied most recently by a branch of Louise's Trattoria. The owners of Louise's closed it recently. It reopened, in conjunction with restaurateur Bill Chait, as a new eatery called MessHall.
A Chase Bank branch took over the domed portion of the former Brown Derby, preserving the arching wooden ceiling that was a key element of a primitive air conditioning system that allowed water to drip down the sides of the dome and cool the room.
The new owner is CMC Asset Investments Inc., a company owned by the Chu family of Los Feliz, which will operate the property as it is.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Derby#Los_Feliz_Brown_Derby
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Coordinates: 34°6'41"N 118°17'16"W
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- Rally Burgers 3.3 km
- Denny's 3.9 km
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- IHOP Corporate HQ 5.5 km
- Acapulco Restaurant 5.5 km
- Jollibee Eagle Rock 6.6 km
- Ernie Jr's Taco House 6.8 km
- Sizzler 6.9 km
- In-N-Out Burger 6.9 km
- Los Feliz 0.4 km
- Little Armenia 2.3 km
- Griffith Park 2.4 km
- East Hollywood 2.5 km
- Silver Lake 2.7 km
- Atwater Village 3.2 km
- Hollywood 4 km
- Echo Park 4.5 km
- Glassell Park 4.6 km
- Los Angeles County, California 17 km
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