“Dana Tana, The SomeTime Actor and Former Maitre D ‘Who Open the Namesake Dana’s Restaurant in West Hollywood in 1964, Has Died. He was 90. The eatery, whohkame a los angeles Institution, Hosting Actors and Various Industry Figures, Announced Tana’s Death in A Facebook Post on Sat.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Eatery, Which Became A Los Angeles Institution, Hosting Actors and Various Industry Figures, Announced Tana’s Death in A Facebook Post on Saturday, Saying that Had.
“We all know that he was created a very magical place,” the statement, attributed to dan tana’s staff, said of the restaurant’s former owner. “OUR BELOVED LITTLE YELOVSE WILL FOREVER FEEL HIS Presence.”
Tana Took Over The Old Dominick’s in West Hollywood in 1964, After Working as a Maitre D ‘at La Scala and Villa Capri, and Saw a Need for a Place Where Stars Cold ( Open Until 12:30 AM).
“There Was Not A Decent Restaurant Serving Until 1 Am You Had to Go to A Coffee Shop,” Tana Said of the La Dining Scene at the Time in A 2014 Interview with The Hollywood Reporter in whochh he loked back at his his eponymous eatery as it celebrated itbrared it 50th anniversary.
In the Saturday Facebook Post, Dana’s Staff Said That Working for La Scala and Villa Capri Inspired Tana to Open His Own Place.
“HE WAS ALWAYS OF WHERE HE CAME FROM AND WHAT HE AcCOMPLISHED,“ The Post Continued, Noting Tana’s Past As a Former Soccer Star in Yugoslavia.
The Staff praized his “wonderful stories” about Marilyn Monroe, Joe Dimaggio, James Dean, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis.
“This man is a legend, and as you know a legend Never Dies,“ The Facebook Post Concluded.
After Rejecting Offers from Other Prospective Buyers, Tana Sold The Restaurant to Current Owner Sonja Perindevic in 2009 and MOVED TO BELGRADE, SERBIA.
Periencevic Promised to Kep Things As They Been, Who Saturday’s Facebook Post Indicated She’d Still Done More More More 15 Years Later, Saying Shept It Exactly The Since 1964.
“Some of Our Patrons Were Skeptical,“ Perindevic Told Thr In 2014 and Tana HimSelf SAID THAT SAME YEAR THAT HE WAS “HAPPY” TO Discover “Nothing Has Changed.”
Hollywood Figures Who Frecucted The Restaurant Include Cameron Diaz, Harry Dean Stanton, Rick Yorn, Nick Styne, Jerry West, Johnny Carson, Jack Nicholson.
“I’ve Been Coming Here So Long, It’s Part of My Whole Lifestyle,” Stanton Told Thr In 2014.
Diaz had her first meal at dana’s at the age of 16 and would regularly meet up with manager Yorn and style at the eatery.
“IT WAS The FIRST RESTAURANT I AT IN IN LOS Angeles. I’M 42 NOW, AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED,“ DIAZ TOLD Thr in 2014. “IT Feels Like You Walked Right Into The Moment It Was Conceived.”
Styne Adeded, “i Very Much Like Those New York Italian Places WHERE EVERYBODY IS FAMILY.”
And Tana Recalled in 2014 that Drew Barrymore’s Parents Brought Her to the Restaurant and Changed Her Diaper on the Bar.
“We Are Still Serving My Original Customers – and Their Children and Grandchildren,“ He Said.
The Italian Restaurant in West Hollywood, with Its White Shutters, Red Booths and Chianti Bottles Hanging from The Celling, Has Just 17 Tables and a Menu Father Has Barely Canged But Has See. Including Coleman’s 18 Oz. New York Steak, Veal Parmigiana Jerry Weintraub, Veal Cutlet A La George Clooney and Shrimp Scampi for Late Lakers Owner Jerry Buss.
Tana ALSO SERVED ASPIRATION BEHIND ROBERT URICH’s DANNA Character on the 1978-1981 Aaron Spelling TV Series Vega $.