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Chasen's was a famous restaurant frequented by film stars, entertainers, politicians, and other dignitaries in West Hollywood, California, located at 9039 Beverly Boulevard on the border of Beverly Hills. It opened for business in 1936 and was the site of the Academy Awards party for many years.
Oct 29, 2015 · On of the most famous chili joints was actually the highfalutin restaurant – Chasen’s Restaurant in Hollywood, California. The owner of the restaurant, Dave Chasen who was an ex-vaudeville performer, kept the recipe his guarded secret, entrusting it to no one.
Jul 23, 2012 · The Time That Was at Chasen's. In 1936 Dave Chasen was a hardscrabble, personable former vaudevillian and stand-in for the Three Stooges who one day happened to perfect a chili recipe in director Frank Capra's kitchen.
This is the stuff of which Hollywood legends are made. When Elizabeth Taylor was filming Cleopatra in Rome she craved the chili made at Chasen's Resta.
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Apr 16, 2021 · Opened in 1937 by owner Dave Chasen (at the suggestion of director Frank Capra), it was just a humble shack named “Chasen’s Southern Pit ” (because of a barbecue pit in the back); its chili quickly became popular with the show biz crowd, and Chasen’s rapidly grew into Hollywood’s premier restaurant.
Jan 24, 2024 · Perhaps the most famous post-1960 story about Chasen's is that Donna Summer wrote the chorus to her song "She Works Hard for the Money" on toilet paper, in the restroom, after encountering ladies' room attendant Onetta Johnson.
Jan 30, 2015 · Chasen's was a restaurant that long served the Hollywood elite in a structure along Doheny and Beverly in West Hollywood. Now all that's left of the glorious edifice founded by comedian...
