Regarding the "Malamute," reputed to have been the first saloon to open in Los Angeles after Prohibition's repeal, I question the source of this assertion. It is true that LA had more than it's fair share of novelty restaurants, but that doesn't guarantee that all themed restaurants were located in the city limits. The previously posted images strike me as having been located just as easily at or near a boardwalk as once might have existed at or near Ocean Park or the Long Beach Pike.
http://drx.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451...7750970c-800wi
The Pike, Edit: 1936, according to one source
http://www.millikanalumni.com/Pike/PikeHistory.html
http://www.millikanalumni.com/Pike/i...ike-1936-1.jpg
Pike Postcard
http://www.scripophily.com/webcart/vigs/pike1.jpg