My journey ends here chemin...
Restaurants and bars, Los Angeles
Barney's Beanery
8447 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood.
;
,
,
,
,
,
Marilyn often ate there when she was still a starlet, after her lessons at the Actors Lab.
This flagship restaurant of Los Angeles was also one of favourite adresses of Jean
Harlow.
Check from Marilyn 
Website
Bruce Wongs
358 South La
Cienega Boulevard, Hollywood.
Publicity 
,
,
-
,
The Chinese favourite den of Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio.
9039 Beverly Boulevard, Hollywood.
Tel : CR 1-2168.
Founded by Dave Chasen (
;
) in 1936, it was first named "Chasen's Southern Pit". It closed in 1973.
outside
,
,
;
,
,
,
-
,
,
,
-
;
publicity
menu
,
Johnny Hyde was the one to take Marilyn there; it belonged to the most "trendy" Hollywood places, and soon she became a regular.
On June 26, 1953 she finished her roadshow for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", during which she had left her hands prints on the pavement of the Grauman's Chinese Theater. Jane Russell, the other star of the movie, and the reporter Sidney Skolsky were also present.DiMaggio's invoice in 1953
Ciro's
8433 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
It opened in 1940 and closed in 1957. It re-opened as a rock club in 1965. After several changes, it became
the Comedy
Store in 1972 
,
.
outside
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
-
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
;
;
,
,
,
,
;
menu
,
On May 13, 1953 Marilyn went there for a party in honor of Walter Winchell with Betty Grable, who shared with her the bill of "How to Marry A Millionaire?".
She also went there with her friend Sidney Skolsky.
Florentine Gardens
5955 Hollywood Boulevard.
Opened on December 28, 1938, this Italian restaurant-dancing could welcome up to 1 000 people (
).
It became bankrupt in 1948 and closed in 1954 before reopened in 1985.
James Dougherty and Norma Jeane celebrated there their wedding in 1942.
outside
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
;
,
,
,
;
;
,
,
,
,
,
;
publicity 
;
Formosa Café
7156 Santa
Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood.
Located at the corner of the Warner studios, formerly occupied by the MGM, it was for decades the favourite place of the stars, who came to have a drink and to have a quick bite to eat.
,
;
Publicité 
Marilyn used to stop there during the studio shooting of "Some Like it Hot" (1959).
Recently, this café was the star of the movie "LA Confidential" (1997).
Website
8001 Sunset
Boulevard, Hollywood (
;
).
Famous restaurant on Sunset, West Hollywood, Marilyn went to for its hot pastrami and its mustard brushed rye bread.
9455 Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills.
,
,
,
;
-
Today 410 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills (
).
Italian restaurant where Marilyn was a regular, mostly in 1962.
It was the last place where she had dinner outside, with Pat Newcomb and Peter Lawford on August 3, 1962.
Lucey's
5444
Melrose Avenue, Hollywood 
,
,
;
-
,
,
,
Replaced by Walter's Plants Rentals.
8588 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
Popular night-club of Los Angeles, opened on January 3, 1941 under the name of Club Versailles
(
). It closed in 1958.
outside
,
,
;
,
,
,
-
,
;
-
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
publicity
menu
;
Rehearsals with Phil Moore, 1949
,
,
;
Musso and Frank Grill
outside
,
,
,
,
,
,
;
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
6667 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood (
,
;
-
;
;
-
).
Auto-proclaimed restaurant "The oldest restaurant of Hollywood" (opened in 1919 
),
well-known for its vodkas and its famous clients. Marilyn first
went there to flaunt herself as a starlet, then went back all along her
career. Located not far from the Grauman's
Theater.
Website
Romanoff
326 North
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills.
8024 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills.
,
,
,
;
-
,
Villa Capri
6735 Yucca
Street, Hollywood.
,
,
,
;
;
,
,
,
,
;
;
,
,
,
;
-
Famous bar well-liked by the stars, and one of Joe DiMaggio's favourite adresses.
Marilyn had dinner there several times between 1952 and 1954.
The restaurant closed in 1982.
The Villa Nova
Since 1975 The Rainbow Grill.
,
,
,
;
,
,
,
,
9015 Sunset
Boulevard, Hollywood.
According to the most popular rumor, that's where the first meeting between Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio took place in 1952; most of the versions indicates that it was an outing of 2 couples, with their mutual friend David March and his girlfriend Peggy Rabe.
Website
BACK TO "RESTAURANTS AND BARS" FILE