Shots of the Armstrong and Carlton Cafe at 6607 Hollywood Blvd usually have it in the background, so I was pleased to come this clearer view. I love the marvelous features: the six-point stars, the tiling above the three-arched window, the coned light fixture above the doorway and all that detailed surrounding it. But what I didn’t know was it was an Indian Grill. I would guess that, back in the early 1920s, when the place opened, an Indian restaurant would be considered quite exotic, don’t you think?
The Armstrong and Carleton Cafe on Hollywood Blvd as seen in Hollywood Snapshots (1922)
Shots of the Armstrong and Carlton Cafe at 6607 Hollywood Blvd usually have it in the background, so I was pleased to come this clearer view. I love the marvelous features: the six-point stars, the tiling above the three-arched window, the coned light fixture above the doorway and all that detailed surrounding it. But what I didn’t know was it was an Indian Grill. I would guess that, back in the early 1920s, when the place opened, an Indian restaurant would be considered quite exotic, don’t you think?
It certainly hasn’t improved with age!
It certainly hasn’t!