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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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this isn't as exciting as live nude girls but it's a mystery location nonetheless.
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the restaurant next door on the right is. . .um . . .gaiety(?)
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E_R, Dot Records was next door to Wallich's Music City (left)...and, the Gaiety, which I've not heard of before, was previously the Vine Street Coffee Dan's location.
(Interesting that of the myriad of photos on NLA of Sunset & Vine that we've never come across the Gaiety before.)
Martino's Time Machine
By 1966 at least, the Gaiety was gone, NBC as well, as seen in this previously posted photo on NLA:
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I got the following from a website that had posted some oral histories of musicians and the like about Hollywood in the 1960's. This one from Don Randi, a songwriter and member of the group The Wrecking Crew, talks about a lot of the eateries frequented back then. No details, but
Gaiety is mentioned and a lot of others name dropped. HOW MANY HAVE WE NOT HEARD OF?
https://cavehollywood.com/two-part-documentary-series-on EPIX/May2002
“We loved
Musso & Frank’s Grill on Hollywood Boulevard and
Johnny’s Steak House. That was my savior. I didn’t have a fuckin dime and I could go and have a three dollar meal in there with a Bone-In Ribeye, you know. We went to
Aldo’s, great hamburgers. Sonny and Cher dug that place.
Canter’s Delicatessen, once in a while, a coffee shop called
Huff’s [Does he mean Hoff's?],
Taco Rama, and
Pink’s Hot Dogs on La Brea Ave. Another stop was
The Dog House on Hollywood Blvd. where you sat on stools on the street and can’t forget
The Brown Derby.
“Chris Darrow reminded me of
The Burrito King on Sunset Boulevard at Alvarado.
The Flying Saucer had the best French Dip sandwiches in town near Wilshire. There was
Young China, two doors down from radio station KFWB for fantastic Chinese on Hollywood Blvd. with the best Won Ton soup. The Italian restaurant
Miceli’s was on Las Palmas.
“Dennis Wilson loved
Ah Fong’s restaurant, delicious Chinese-American food. Gene Norman owned the
Marquis restaurant on Sunset Strip, along with his
Crescendo and
Interlude clubs. I liked the
Villa Capri. Mickey Cohen was there on a regular basis. I saw him at
Sherry’s as well. There was
Hal’s Nest, and
The Speak, where all drinks were 39 cents. Phil Spector and I went to
The Cock’n Bull. The trout was incredible.
“The record company promo men all went to an Italian spot named
Martoni’s. Label owners like Verve Records’ Norman Granz enjoyed the
Pacific Dining Car. Barney Kessel and his wife B.J. Baker requested their New York steaks cooked medium at
Diamond Jim’s in Hollywood.
“Neil Young, Jack Nitzsche and I would go out to places like the
Gaiety Delicatessen. Once in a while Harry Nilsson would come to our table. He was still working at the Crocker Citizen bank as a teller or had a job there. At the time he might have made a record. We all went to the
Hollywood Ranch Market. Are you kidding? The tater tots and the chicken gizzards! Even in the late fifties they had a donut machine there! (laughs). I saw Lucille Ball one late night in a full fur mink coat. She gave me the biggest smile. Jack, Neil, Denny Bruce and I also liked to eat at the
House of Pancakes on La Cienega. They just closed
Hamburger Hamlet! What the fuck is going on? [Text Quotes Copyright 2020 Harvey Kubernik]