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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
Here's a short video of the strip in 1961, too, passing by the Crescendo and Interlude on the left at about the 15 second mark.
The youtube page identifies a place called The Cloister Clubs. Is that the building right before the Crescendo?
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At about the 15 second mark of this video when we pass the Crescendo on the left, you can see, on the opposite
side of the street a restaurant under the large billboard, which is where the current Mel's Diner is located. Before
that it was the noted Ben Frank's coffee shop. In this 1961 dated video you can't read what restaurant it is, but you
can see a sign that says Coffee Shop. I was wondering if it was Ben Frank's in 1961. So far, I have only seen
information that Ben Frank's opened in 1962, which is a year after this video, or that the video may be dated wrong.
What was there before Ben Frank's I do not know, however.
Ben Frank's was a Sunset Strip hangout in the 60's and 70's for the musicians and
wannabes and hangers on in the emerging rock and roll club scene. Some may
know the famous ad placed by the producers of The Monkees in Variety and The
Hollywood Reporter.
Notice the Ben Frank's reference.
Must come down for interview was taken to mean they shouldn't be high on anything.