Sardi’s restaurant opened by the Montmartre’s Eddie Brandstatter at 6315 Hollywood Boulevard, near Vine St in 1932. Ultra-chic place and well attended but was badly damaged by a fire four years later. But this is Hollywood and the show must go on so it reopened and continued operating after Brandstatter’s death in 1940. This photo is dated 1937 and what I find most interesting is the AIR CONDITIONED sign over the front door. These days, it’s hard to imagine a place in LA that doesn’t have it. I’m also rather partial to that two-seater roadster parked out front!
Interior of Sardi’s Restaurant at 6315 Hollywood Boulevard, 1937
Sardi’s restaurant opened by the Montmartre’s Eddie Brandstatter at 6315 Hollywood Boulevard, near Vine St in 1932. Ultra-chic place and well attended but was badly damaged by a fire four years later. But this is Hollywood and the show must go on so it reopened and continued operating after Brandstatter’s death in 1940. This photo is dated 1937 and what I find most interesting is the AIR CONDITIONED sign over the front door. These days, it’s hard to imagine a place in LA that doesn’t have it. I’m also rather partial to that two-seater roadster parked out front!
And now it’s a strip joint.
Talk about a fall from grace!