Dan Tana's
Rare Bird Books (Verlag)
978-1-64428-463-6 (ISBN)
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Built in 1929, and sandwiched between Beverly Hills and the residential Norma Triangle, the location was not a traditional restaurant location in any sense of the word, as it was basically a bungalow housing fast food joint with names that changed over the years but whose fare stayed the same: Black Lucky Spot Café, Domenico's Lucky Spot, Dominik's Hamburger Stand. The primary clientele for this diner location were streetcar maintenance workers, on break from the Santa Monica line.
But by 1964, change was coming to Los Angeles. Freeways were replacing street cars, the backlot of 20th Century Fox had been sold, and inits place Century City was rising, smog was everywhere, and every year hundreds of thousands of people were moving to LA. Still, the little house on Santa Monica Boulevard looked out over empty lots and vast undeveloped space, forever stuck in time—or so it seemed.
Dan brought the location for $30,000 soon after opening the restaurant. It was a leap of faith by both Tana and the seller, given their agreement: a three-year payment schedule of $10,000 a year. In the very beginning it wasn't a roaring success. The challenge was intense competition in the LA dining scene. There were old favorites such as Musso & Franks, Villa Capri, La Scala, The Formosa Cafe, and Chasen's, plus a new restaurant, Matteo's, started by Dan's fellow La Scala staff compadre, Matty "Matteo" Jordan.
For the first two years, the restaurant averaged only twenty-five dinners a night. At one low point, Joe DiMaggio stopped by to eat, and Dan Tana offered him 50% ownership for $15,000. No dice. So Tana did something The Yankee Clipper rarely did—he struck out. But Tana's tenacity and mission eventually succeeded in making Dan Tana's a legendary Hollywood mainstay that thrives to this day.
Jon Macks is the author of six previous books and was a top writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for all twenty-two years Leno was on the air. He has also written for eighteen Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Tony Awards, and for some of the nation’s top comedians, politicians, corporate leaders, and sports commentators. Among the personalities Macks writes for are Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Hugh Jackman, Terry Bradshaw, and Chris Rock. He has written six books, with the latest being Monologue: What Makes America Laugh Before Bed, as well as Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (From the Creator of Laugh-In) with George Schlatter. He lives in Los Angeles. Martin Short is an Emmy- and Tony Award-winning Canadian-born actor and comic, adored for his work on SCTV and Saturday Night Live, as well as in such acclaimed movies as ¡Three Amigos!, Father of the Bride, and Inherent Vice, not to mention dozens of memorable talk-show, prime-time, and theatrical appearances, from TV's Damages to his one-man Broadway hit Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He lives in Pacifc Palisades, California.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.4.2025 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Martin Short |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | California |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 368 x 228 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64428-463-4 / 1644284634 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64428-463-6 / 9781644284636 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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