150 Wooster

Brian McNally’s 1980s hotspot attracted the A-list with roast chicken and porcini polenta.

The Brown Derby

The original Brown Derby on Los Angeles’ Wilshire Boulevard was shaped like a hat, and while later incarnations of the see-and-be-scene eatery were not, stars and moguls alike clamored to get inside.

The Coconut Grove

Boston’s most happening club in the 1930s and ’40s shut down in 1942 when a massive fire killed 492 revelers.

La Cote Basque

Best remembered for Truman Capote’s bridge-burning story that bore its name, this French restaurant was one of New York’s most fashionable eateries.

El Morocco

Zebra-striped banquettes were the calling card at this East Midtown Manhattan haunt, which attracted the rich, famous and powerful for two decades, beginning in the 1930s.

Morton's

In the 1980s, there was nowhere in Hollywood hotter than Morton’s, the 19-table power spot founded by Hard Rock Café honcho—and later, of course, film producer—Peter Morton.

Mortimer's

Glenn Bernbaum’s Upper East Side café opened in 1976 and became ground zero for New York society, attracting a daily phalanx of ladies who lunch and throwing over-the-top parties for the boldest of the boldface names.

Florent

When the Meatpacking District was actually still a meatpacking district, Florent was a 24-hour diner that catered to everyone from movie stars to spaced-out club kids.