Hollywood Then and Now - July 2020

Back in the glory hey days of Hollywood, Chasen's was the restaurant to go to. Indeed, for years, the official Academy Awards party was held here.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were regular patrons.   Elizabeth Taylor used to have their chili delivered to wherever she was working.    George Burns was there all the time.

As old Hollywood passed on, so did Chasen's.   Their doors were closed in 1995.  I never got to go there.

But you can still see the remnants of the restaurant as it still stands.   As a Bristol Farms supermarket.  

The old entrance has been cemented up.   You enter from the other side of the building.   And they have maintained a coffee shop in there.   The original booth where the Reagans romanced is still intact.

And I finally get to go inside.   You see, this Bristol Farms is the only place in Los Angeles where I can buy Taylor Pork Roll.

Dinner last night:  Grilled steak salad.