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Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood, California, in 2008. The Formosa Cafe is a restaurant and bar founded in 1925 and located at 7156 Santa Monica Boulevard at the intersection with North Formosa Avenue, in West Hollywood, California. The Formosa was founded in 1925 by 1920s prize-fighter Jimmy Bernstein.
Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met at the restaurant on a blind date in 1952. [2] After operating for 28 years, Villa Nova closed in 1968 and the building re-opened as the Windjammer until it closed in 1971. The restaurant was founded in early 1972 by Gary Stromberg and Bob Gibson, heads of the PR firm Gibson & Stromberg.
The restaurant serves traditional food items, including: lox and bagels, corned beef, matzoh ball soup, and challah bread. However, it is not certified kosher, being open on Saturdays and offering many non-kosher menu items like ham sandwiches. Canter's has remained open 24 hours most days, except on the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...
The first Mel's Drive-In was founded in 1947 by Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs in San Francisco, California.It later expanded to several other locations. After the last of the original restaurants closed in the 1970s, Weiss's son Steven Weiss and partner Donald Wagstaff opened the first of a new generation of Mel's Drive-In restaurants in 1985. [1]
The restaurant became famous for bringing a Western feel to the trendy, upscale location. Each restaurant features a mechanical bull that patrons can attempt to ride. [ 2 ] The restaurant has appeared many times in popular culture, showing up on TV shows such as Sex and the City , The Bachelor and Desperate Housewives . [ 3 ]
Just in time for Mother’s Day, the biggest brunch day of the year, three Miami restaurants and two from Broward were just named among the best brunch spots in the country. In its Top 100 Brunch ...
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In 1911, Ciro Capozzi sold the name to an English consortium (including William Poulett, 7th Earl Poulett as main investor, [19] and Clément Hobson [20]) who open the Deauville Ciro's (still existing as a restaurant belonging to the Groupe Lucien Barrière), the Paris Ciro's in 1912, [21] [22] and the London one in 1915.