Los Angeles, CA

Last week I wrote about The Old Spaghetti Factory soon being closed down in LA.

Now there’s an event being held by the Southern California Restaurant Historical Society in which they will celebrate restaurants both past and present. By commemorating restaurants still open, they also keep the memory alive of former places that no longer exist. At 10:00A.M. on May 26th, the event is going to be held at Clifton’s Brookdale Cafeteria. The cost is completely free to attend, with the motto of “Pay What you Wish, Dine Free Unless Delighted”.

Special guests to be present at the event are D.J. Waldie, Charlie Perry, Chris Nichols, and Robert Clifton, all of whom have a strong connection to culinary arts in the L.A. basin.

For more information on how to attend, and details of the event, visit LottaLiving.com and Clifton’s Cafeteria.

[From blogging.la]

On June 19th, one of the best spaghetti places in LA is going to be closing it’s doors and will eventually become part of a local project which will result in 38,000 sq. feet of office space, 125 condos, and 10,000 sq. feet of retail locations.

This marks just another Hollywood landmark being torn down, along with the Tiki Bar, and Trader Vic’s which met their end not too long ago.

The Old Spaghetti Factory has many locations around the United States. The original restaurant opened it’s doors in Portland Oregon on January 10th of 1969. Sales for the first night were considered a “complete bust” at $171.80, but the Old Spaghetti Factory only got better from there on. Within the week, the store was making $900 a night, and by the end of the year, had reached $400,000. By 1970, owner Guss Dussin started two more restaurants with the same name, and today, The Old Spaghetti Factory has become an international restaurant that serves over 10 million customers a year.

When the Hollywood location closes down on June 19th, there will still be 5 more So. Cal locations, including Duarte, Riverside, and Fullerton, but the Hollywood location will be sorely missed by many.

I highly recommend checking this place out if you already haven’t, and going at least one last time before it’s too late.

The Old Spaghetti Factory is located at 5939 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028.

You can view the restaurant menu and hours on the Old Spaghetti Factory website here.