Get yer piping hot bowl of chili right from the Chili Bowl restaurant shaped like a reg’ler bowl o’ chili! There were six of these restaurants; this one was located at 801 N. La Brea Avenue in the Miracle Mile. This photo was taken in 1937. There was another location at 12244 West Pico Boulevard which is still around. It still looks (pretty much) the same but is (currently) Mr. Cecil’s Rib’s.
Was thee a Chili Bowl resturant on or near Vermont Ave. in ealy 40’s?
According to this:
https://www.laconservancy.org/issues/chili-bowl-west-los-angeles
there were 18 locations throughout Los Angeles County, so yes, there could easily have been one on or near Vermont.