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Forbidden Palace, Los Angeles 1943With its curved roofs, vibrant colors and exotic ornamentation, the Forbidden Palace restaurant would have seemed an adventurous place to eat in Los Angeles in the late 1930s. The original Chinatown area, which stood where Union Station does now, had been bulldozed and establishments like the Forbidden Palace sprung up in what was called New Chinatown. Black and white photographs show elegant ladies in hats and gentlemen in suits waiting their turn in

It reopened in 1998 as the Hotel Allegro

and 116 in third class

A whole fried lobster cost $1 in the 1930s and a boneless chicken cost ten cents more

A former actor

and American Express

The Café Continental was situated in the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel on Central Park South

which Mark Twain called ‘the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean

(28th November 1901)

Locals and Olivia fans loved it too

After the kitchens closed

There’s also an illustration of the Hollywood Bowl… and a boxing match

The Ambassador Hotels System sold the hotel in 1927