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    Musso & Frank Grill: 100 years of Hollywood history

    Musso & Frank Grill will celebrate 100 years in business this September. The restaurant first opened on Hollywood Boulevard before Hollywood had a Walk of Fame or even a Hollywood sign.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Rico Gagliano • Jul 31, 2019 • 1 min read

    Musso & Frank Grill will celebrate 100 years in business this September. The restaurant first opened on Hollywood Boulevard before Hollywood had a Walk of Fame or even a Hollywood sign. Its mid-century opulence has been preserved as if in amber.

    When Quentin Tarantino shot a scene there for his new film “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood," set in 1969, he didn’t have to change a thing.

    We speak with the restaurant’s CFO and proprietor, who descends from one of the landmark’s early co-owners.

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      Rico Gagliano

      host of “MUBI Podcast”

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Line Editor, Press Play

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      Amy Ta

      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Mark Echeverria

      CFO and proprietor of Musso & Frank Grill

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