Musso & Frank Grill

The story

Hollywood’s oldest restaurant has served steaks, Welsh rarebit and famously dry martinis since 1919. Red leather booths, dark timber, uniformed waiters and a long literary and film-industry clientele preserve an unusually intact version of old Hollywood.

Why Musso & Frank Grill is iconic

The room is a working archive of the boulevard’s writers, actors, deals and rituals rather than a nostalgic reconstruction.

Selected by Ernst Aben · Information reviewed July 2026