Journal of Alta California

Sorry, We’re CLOSED — For A Few DECADES

For decades, the Original Spanish Kitchen on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Fairfax District served meals to show-business diners like Bob Hope, Buster Keaton, Howard Keel and John and Lionel Barrymore.

And then one day in 1961, the restaurant closed for vacation — a pause that mysteriously lasted for decades.

As spider webs slowly

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