[Retired_in_Texas]

Originally Posted by Beaudry

I think you're thinking of Lawry's -- as well from the hand of Wayne McAllister.



The above image comes from here, which emerges when you click The Stinking Rose.

As for Richlors, writes Chris Nichols in his book on Wayne McAllister: "The new owners of Richlor's chose to renovate the restaurant, an authentic product of the 1940s, into a 'fifties' cafe by grafting on an authentic 1930s-style prefabricated diner! The building was demolished in 2004."



Quote and image from one of the great books on Los Angeles and beyond: TLAoWM

With all due respect are you certain these two buildings are the same? Sure looks like a lot of what was Lawry's is missing in the second photo. Was the building in the first picture actually the Beverly Hills Restaurant and not of a later production facility for Lawry's Seasoned Salt and other products later marketed by the company.

This is the restaurant as it exists today and it is on La Cienega Boulevard

We all kind of missed on bringing up the fact that Lawry's and the Tam O'Shanter Inn in Burbank were both founded by the same person, Lawrence Frank. Though they sold the Lawry's Salt and other products business in 1979, the Frank family remains the owners of the restaurant in Beverly Hills an have expanded the restaurant business into a chain with a number of stores worldwide.