Collection of photographs of the Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire Blvd at Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles |

When people think of the Brown Derby restaurant, they usually think of the original one, shaped like an actual brown derby hat, or the one on Vine Street in Hollywood, which attracted a A-list Hollywood crowd. But there was also a third Brown Derby, which opened in 1931 at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive. This one was popular with the Beverly Hills crowd, so it was busiest on Thursday nights which was the traditional maid’s night off. (In 1940, a 4th location at 4500 Los Feliz Blvd in Los Feliz. It also included a “drive-in” called the Car Café.)

Brown Derby restaurant on Rodeo Drive at Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1938 Brown Derby Restaurant at night, corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, 1966 Brown Derby at Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 1942 Interior of the Brown Derby restaurant, Beverly Hills. Driving north on South Rodeo Dr, heading toward the Brown Derby, Beverly Hills, circa mid-1950s The Brown Derby in Beverly Hills as taken from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel Postcard of Brown Derby restaurant, Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills Brown Derby, Beverly Hills, 1950s