The well-connected Puck changed this, putting high-concept Californian cuisine on the culinary map, drawing movie stars and moguls such as Michael Caine, Billy Wilder, Sean Connery and Sidney Poitier, and propelling himself into uncharted celebrity chef territory. ![]() His idea of homegrown Australian, British or American fine dining was scoffed at. Back in the 1980s, fancy restaurants had to pretend to be Italian, or French, to be taken seriously. Puck's return to the Sunset Strip, 40 years after he opened his first restaurant, Spago, is a big deal for West Hollywood. Both of the latter properties have rooftop pools, and the Pendry's rooftop also houses Wolfgang Puck's Merois. West Hollywood is where you'll find the most luxurious hotels in town, from storied grand dame hotels with a rock'n'roll heritage like Chateau Marmont, to sleek new city hotels like Ian Schrager's West Hollywood Edition and the Pendry West Hollywood. The slick and stylish Hoxton Downtown LA sits a few doors down from the more luxurious Downtown LA Proper Hotel, about a 15-minute walk from Grand Central Market. DTLA's regeneration has also seen a steady flow of design-led city hotels. ![]() City workers blithely queue for 45 minutes for the legendary egg sandwiches at Eggslut, while Sticky Rice serves exemplary Thai street food, and Golden Road Brewing washes it all down. Grand Central Market on Broadway has been a downtown landmark since 1917, but a new generation of social-media-savvy vendors has pumped fresh blood into this covered market. Over the past decade the old art deco theatres and skyscrapers have been conserved and restored, notably The Bradbury (which stars in Blade Runner), The Orpheum Theatre and the United Artists Theatre building, now the 182-room Ace Hotel. And as a sucker for faded grandeur and Hollywood golden age nostalgia, I find it quite something. It's nothing like New York's Broadway, London's West End or Melbourne's East End, but it's still something. ![]() Beyond galleries, design stores and hit-restaurants, DTLA also has Broadway.
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