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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Dear John's, a Culver City restaurant from the rat pack days, is reborn

    Frank Sinatra used to hang out at a restaurant in Culver City, now restored as Dear John's. There, you'll see table-side Caesar salads, tuxedoed servers, and stiff martinis.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 19, 2019 • 1 min read

    Frank Sinatra used to hang out at a restaurant in Culver City, now restored as Dear John's. There, you'll see table-side Caesar salads, tuxedoed servers, and stiff martinis. But Dear John’s will only be open until April 2021 because that’s when the building is scheduled to be demolished.

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    4 of 4
    Beto O'Rourke: rich people will have to allow poorer people to live closer to them
    1. 0:00Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke on reparations, climate change, and regulating tech giants
    2. 16:19The deep pockets behind the anti-vax movement
    3. 25:48The story of the Golden State Killer and how he was finally caught
    4. 42:12Dear John's, a Culver City restaurant from the rat pack days, is rebornYou’re reading this
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