Sugie's Original Tropics, Beverly Hills, 1946 Hen Prohibition had seen the decimation

Prohibition had seen the decimation of the Californian wine industry

It was sold in 1919 to the builders of the nearby Ambassador Hotel

A popular feature in the early 1900s was The Cave

The menu's wonderful graphics and illustrations were truly evocative of the era

Sugie's Original Tropics, Beverly Hills, 1946 Hen Prohibition had seen the decimationSugie's Original "The Tropics" restaurant and club, was opened by an Englishman named Harry "Sugie" Sugarman in Beverly Hills in 1936. It had a Polynesian theme and billed itself as "the informal cocktail lounge and dining room of the motion picture industry." Certainly, if walls could talk, this bar and restaurant would have many tales to tell. Hollywood directors brought impressionable young starlets here and big name stars of the 30s and 40s often