Comments on: With its googie architecture, 60s decor and rat pack lounge, La Villa Basque is the greatest retro restaurant ever http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/24/with-its-googie-architecture-60s-decor-and-rat-pack-lounge-la-villa-basque-is-the-greatest-retro-restaurant-ever/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:26:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kiki Dulane http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/24/with-its-googie-architecture-60s-decor-and-rat-pack-lounge-la-villa-basque-is-the-greatest-retro-restaurant-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-37924 Kiki Dulane Fri, 29 May 2009 15:39:24 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3821#comment-37924 My husband and I went there last weekend, not looking at the comments on this blog post. We were so disappointed! We could only take pictures from the outside, because (as Scott says) it is only open M-F for lunch. We'll take the day off sometime and go there, from what we could see it was AMAZING! Plus, I'm part Basque so I loved the Basque symbols and sayings above each doorway. On the same road trip we happened upon Chips restaurant in Hawthorne. Totally googie! We went in but didn't eat. The inside is pretty much intact, from the brief glimpse I saw of it. www.you-are-here.com/restaurant/chips.jpg My husband and I went there last weekend, not looking at the comments on this blog post. We were so disappointed! We could only take pictures from the outside, because (as Scott says) it is only open M-F for lunch. We’ll take the day off sometime and go there, from what we could see it was AMAZING! Plus, I’m part Basque so I loved the Basque symbols and sayings above each doorway.

On the same road trip we happened upon Chips restaurant in Hawthorne. Totally googie! We went in but didn’t eat. The inside is pretty much intact, from the brief glimpse I saw of it.
http://www.you-are-here.com/restaurant/chips.jpg

]]> By: Scott Mercer http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/24/with-its-googie-architecture-60s-decor-and-rat-pack-lounge-la-villa-basque-is-the-greatest-retro-restaurant-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-34954 Scott Mercer Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:40:06 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3821#comment-34954 Retrotravlgrl, you're going to be out of luck trying to have a "date night" there. The place is open only 11-3, Monday to Friday. That's right, lunch only, during the week. Even the bar portion has these same hours. Tough luck. But you really should take a day off and try to make it down there anyway. The decor is awesome and the food is pretty well prepared, in addition to being moderately priced. Retrotravlgrl, you’re going to be out of luck trying to have a “date night” there.

The place is open only 11-3, Monday to Friday. That’s right, lunch only, during the week. Even the bar portion has these same hours.

Tough luck. But you really should take a day off and try to make it down there anyway. The decor is awesome and the food is pretty well prepared, in addition to being moderately priced.

]]> By: kgreen http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/24/with-its-googie-architecture-60s-decor-and-rat-pack-lounge-la-villa-basque-is-the-greatest-retro-restaurant-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-13594 kgreen Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:42:23 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3821#comment-13594 This place is amazing-- I work in Vernon and go there about twice a month. For anyone who loves googie achitecture and mid century design, it is a gem. This restaurant was also in a scene from Running with Scissors in which Annette Bening is having lunch with her son. One amazing thing about this restaurant is this eclectic customer-- which my co-workers and I call the "beehive lady." She has a 3 ft beehive like Marge Simpson and she is wrapped in about 5 yards of tulle. If anyone knows who this lady is please tell me because it is unbelievable. She is there about everyday at 12pm. This place is amazing– I work in Vernon and go there about twice a month. For anyone who loves googie achitecture and mid century design, it is a gem. This restaurant was also in a scene from Running with Scissors in which Annette Bening is having lunch with her son. One amazing thing about this restaurant is this eclectic customer– which my co-workers and I call the “beehive lady.”
She has a 3 ft beehive like Marge Simpson and she is wrapped in about 5 yards of tulle. If anyone knows who this lady is please tell me because it is unbelievable. She is there about everyday at 12pm.

]]> By: maddydallas http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/24/with-its-googie-architecture-60s-decor-and-rat-pack-lounge-la-villa-basque-is-the-greatest-retro-restaurant-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-12960 maddydallas Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:57:21 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3821#comment-12960 That is so awesome! I want to eat there now! I had the weirdest flashbacks to going places like that when I was a kid! That is so awesome! I want to eat there now! I had the weirdest flashbacks to going places like that when I was a kid!

]]> By: retrotravelgirl http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/24/with-its-googie-architecture-60s-decor-and-rat-pack-lounge-la-villa-basque-is-the-greatest-retro-restaurant-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-12931 retrotravelgirl Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:20:59 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3821#comment-12931 OMG...hubby and I SO are having a date night there next weekend.I promise to report back and let you know how yummy and delicious it was. The Los Angeles Conservancy Mod Com Committee recently held their monthly meeting there. So bitchin......... OMG…hubby and I SO are having a date night there next weekend.I promise to report back and let you know how yummy and delicious it was. The Los Angeles Conservancy Mod Com Committee recently held their monthly meeting there. So bitchin………

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