In this photo we’re treated to how the original Brown Derby restaurant looked when it was built at 3427 Wilshire Boulevard. That’s when its site was between Mariposa and Alexandria and faced due south, before being moved half a block east to 3377 Wilshire. As we can see here, it was simply a hat-shaped place with no extension off to the side like at 3377 Wilshire. From the looks of it, the Brown Derby was a modest little place so I’m surprised they got their waitresses to wear skirts starched into the shape of a derby. A cute idea but it sounds neither comfortable nor convenient to me!