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  2. Clifton's Cafeteria - Wikipedia

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    Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria -style eatery in Los Angeles [1] and the largest public cafeteria in the world [2] when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, [3] [4] the design of the restaurants included exotic decor and facades that were "kitschy ...

  3. Petersen Automotive Museum - Wikipedia

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    Founded on June 11, 1994, by magazine publisher Robert E. Petersen and his wife Margie, the $40-million Petersen Automotive Museum is owned and operated by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation. The museum was originally located within the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and later moved to a historic department store designed ...

  4. Original Pantry Cafe - Wikipedia

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    The Original Pantry Cafe is a coffee shop and restaurant in Los Angeles, California. Located at the corner of 9th and Figueroa in Downtown L.A.'s South Park district, The Pantry (as it is known by locals) claims to never have closed or been without a customer since it opened including when it changed locations in 1950 to make room for a freeway ...

  5. Philippe's - Wikipedia

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    Philippe's, or " Philippe the Original " ( / fɪˈliːps / fi-LEEPS) [1] [2] is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. It is also renowned for claiming to be the inventor of the French dip sandwich .

  6. Formosa Cafe - Wikipedia

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    1925. State. California. Country. United States. Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood, California, in 2008. The Formosa Cafe is a restaurant and bar founded in 1925 and located at 7156 Santa Monica Boulevard at the intersection with North Formosa Avenue, in West Hollywood, California . The Formosa was founded in 1925 by 1920s prize-fighter Jimmy ...

  7. Houlihan Lokey - Wikipedia

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    Houlihan Lokey, previously known as Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, was co-founded in Los Angeles in 1972 by Richard Houlihan and O. Kit Lokey, both of whom left PricewaterhouseCoopers to start the company. Co-founders Robert "Bob" F. Howard joined the company in 1974, followed by James H. Zukin in 1976. The company started as a provider of ...

  8. Don Hankey - Wikipedia

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    Don Hankey. Don Robert Hankey (born June 13, 1943) is an American billionaire [1] and founder of the Hankey Group, which makes most of its income from car loans and the insurance industry. He has been called the "king of the subprime car loan ". [2]

  9. Lovell House - Wikipedia

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    Lovell House. /  34.118167°N 118.28778°W  / 34.118167; -118.28778. The Lovell House or Lovell Health House is an International style modernist residence designed and built by Richard Neutra between 1927 and 1929. The home, located at 4616 Dundee Drive in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, was built for the physician ...