The story
This Prohibition-era speakeasy once had a secret door to the Pantages Theatre and served as Hollywood's post-Oscars watering hole.
Everything that was here
- 1934–present · still open
The Frolic RoomBar
This Prohibition-era speakeasy once had a secret door to the Pantages Theatre and served as Hollywood's post-Oscars watering hole.
See the map in 1935 → - 1930–present · still open
Hollywood Pantages TheatreTheater
The last movie palace built in Hollywood, home to eleven Academy Awards ceremonies including the first ever televised Oscars.
See the map in 1931 → - 1927–present · still open
Grauman's Chinese TheatreTheater
The world's most famous movie theater, where celebrity handprints in concrete began when actress Norma Talmadge accidentally stepped in wet cement.
See the map in 1928 → - 1919–present · still open
Musso & Frank GrillRestaurant
It opened in 1919 as Frank's Francois Café, took the name Musso & Frank in 1923, and is the oldest restaurant in Hollywood.
See the map in 1920 →
Nearby history
Hollywood Hotel
Highland Gardens Hotel (formerly Landmark Motor Hotel)
The Masque
Hollywood Canteen Site
Brown Derby (Hollywood)
Whisky a Go Go
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