Here we have the Brown Derby on Vine Street just south of Hollywood Boulevard in 1949, which means it would have been celebrating its 20^th anniversary that year, having well established itself as an anchor of Hollywood’s social life. The stores around it changed over the years but when this shot was taken, there was a wine and liquor store to the north of the entrance. To the south there was the Bamboo Room, a store called Maurice Inc (according to the 1941 City Directory, Maurice Inc. was run by Maurice Holman, listed as a knitted goods manufacturer), the Brown Derby guest parking driveway, Western Airlines ticket office, public parking for 25 cents or free for customer of the Broadway Hollywood department store across the street.