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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
Unfortunately, I haven't found any photos of this place, either, E_R, but I wanted to point
out that The Manhattan Transfer used it as cover art for their "Swing" album:
Bruce Torrence
I admit I was surprised; I thought, if I had found any photograph of it, it would've been a few decades
earlier than 1979!
Wish there was a better photograph...the sign on the front of it looks to have a "Hello, Kitty" type drawing on it.
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The Grape Vine Room had a backdoor in the alley. One time I entered that bar and walked from the back to the front, because the driveway was clogged with buses and I wanted to get to Vine St. It was very dark inside as sleazy bars usually are. This place was about 3 blocks from where I lived on Santa Monica, Blvd.
Several times at night I took a bus from that station to San Diego - mid 1970s. I was in my 20s at that time.