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Burl's Room, Hollywood Blvd. at Hillhurst, has been mentioned a couple of times, starting with a matchbook post by HossC back on page 1402....Hoss bemoaned the fact that we had not seen a photo of the place, this 1966 image from the recently released Ed Ruscha collection remedies that.

In a follow up to the original post Hollywood Graham provided this...

"Here's some Noir for you ....Rosemary LaBianca, prior to her marriage, was a waitress at the Burl Room. Yes, THAT Rosemary LaBianca. This tidbit is mentioned in the LAPD Homicide report."

The building was also covered on pg. 2553-4, with a photo of the structure in its original glory.  

For some reason, despite the prior posts, I kept thinking the Burl's at Hollywood/Hillhurst was a drive-in....Burl's #2, at Pico and Beverly Dr., was most definitely a drive-in, see my post on pg. 2731, screen grabs from the 1952 release "The Ring".

Ruscha returned to the corner in Aug. 1975....the rear lounge portion of Burl's was now a separate cocktail/dance place....as a bonus, we get a "Chop Suey" sign....