Tag: Brown Derby

October 31, 2020 / Vickie Lester

15. Sometimes a map is a map, and other times it’s a state of mind.

At the moment I’m looking at an old menu from a restaurant called the Brown Derby. On its cover is an imaginary map of Los Angeles with Hollywood at its center. It’s scattered with cartoon depictions of movie cameras, musical notes winging out of the Hollywood Bowl, crooners broadcasting from…

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December 12, 2012 / Vickie Lester

A STRIKE AND A NIGHT VIEW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

Waiters outside the Hollywood Brown Derby – on strike in 1934: A night view in Hollywood some thirty years later… You can see the Brown Derby’s neon sign glowing on the right:

December 12, 2012 / Vickie Lester

1939 – THE BROWN DERBY ON WILSHIRE

You can cross reference with the handy map in the previous post! This is the dessert case:

December 12, 2012 / Vickie Lester

LUNCH MENU AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

I love the informal map of Hollywood on the cover of the Brown Derby menu. . If you click on the menu it’s easier to see.

December 12, 2012 / Vickie Lester

THE BROWN DERBY – FOUR LOCATIONS – EVERYONE ATE THERE

I never did, different generation (quite a few generations), but here a few stars at the Brown Derby – oh, and the pattern on the china is “Blue Willow”: George and Gracie, Jane and Ronnie. This is another industry couple dining at the Derby, she’s an actress, and he’s a…

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