Musso & Frank Grill

What is Musso & Frank Grill?

The restaurant is a grill on Hollywood Boulevard, set among the museums and attractions of the neighborhood. Its main appeal for travelers is its age and its place in the story of Hollywood: it opened in 1919, when the film business in Los Angeles was still young, and it has been part of the boulevard ever since.

Its link to the movie world runs deep enough that some have described it as the starting point of Hollywood itself. For a road trip that ends in Los Angeles, a meal here is a way to step into that history.

History of Musso & Frank Grill

Joseph Musso and Frank Toulet opened the restaurant in 1919, and it still carries both of their names. That makes it seven years older than Route 66, which was created in 1926, and more than a century old today. Over those decades it has outlasted the heyday of the old highway and its replacement by the interstates.

Visiting Musso & Frank Grill: tips

The restaurant suits a sit-down dinner at the end of a Route 66 day in Los Angeles. Allow an hour or more. Since Route 66 ends in Santa Monica, a dinner here can make a fitting celebration the night before or after reaching the end of the road. The Hollywood Wax Museum, the Hollywood Museum and the Hollywood Erotic Museum are each about 0.2 mile away, so a meal here combines easily with a walk along the boulevard.