Perennial Los Feliz lounge keeps 50's supper-club glamour alive for a faithful hipster crowd.
Yes, the Dresden Restaurant is famous for movies like Swingers, That Thing You Do with Tom Hanks and a host of others that have chosen it for location shoots. It's been around since 1964 and still carries itself with that air of the 60s. At the bar, blue glasses are seen before patrons as they sip the house classic Blood and Sand--a space age margarita--and of course the ubiquitous martinis and Manhattans. Glasses of wine are popular, but the best choice is a bottle from the Dresden's 33-bin wine list. There is only standing room late at night, but there's never with a cover charge. It is the Hollywood place to be and be seen. It's not a super expensive place like Perino's or Chasen's were, but more like the famous Brown Derby. First rate, yet affordable for the average person.

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Perennial Los Feliz lounge keeps '50s supper-club glamour alive for a faithful hipster crowd.

In Short
Built in 1964, this Los Feliz institution was going strong long before it was immortalized in "Swingers" (and gave Vince Vaughn a career). The grand dining room is a kitschy wonder of high ceilings, white booths, bright-orange accents, faux Asian screens and an Italian-leaning steakhouse menu. But through the arched walls is where the real action is: Walls made of rock, gold metal-encased pendant lamps and sienna leather booths set the scene for Marty and Elayne, a black-clad duo who take on everything from Captain and Tennille to the Bee Gees. They're probably older than your grandparents (and most likely way cooler than you are) and they've owned this room since 1982, making a stop here a veritable commandment in the bible of hip. Consider this place the last vestige of swank dining and cocktail consumption in the tradition of Perino's and Coconut Grove. It's easy to dismiss Marty and Elayne as kitsch, but they're also capable jazz singers, with an occasional talent for reinventing pop fluff into pure magic stuff.