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“It all started with a chocolate cake...”
One sunny LA afternoon, New York actress, Lynn von Kersting, stepped into LA Desserts on her way to the Lee Strasberg Theatre where she was starring in Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer. Behind the counter, owner and self-taught baker, Richard Irving stopped in his tracks. Their eyes met and the rest is history. The dynamic duo opened The Ivy in 1983, followed by Ivy at the Shore in 1985 and Dolce Isola, The Ivy Bakery in 2007. Now joined by their daughter, India, the family legacy continues...
The Family
Lynn, Richard & India
The Family
Lynn & India
The Family
Lynn & India
...one fresh ingredient
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Their restaurant has become a clubhouse for the entertainment industry- a hangout for producers, actors, writers and the like. Today, The Ivy is surrounded by chic stores and the buzz of Hollywood, so it is a refreshing escape to the garden patio behind...
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This adorable restaurant is popular with movie stars. The restaurant patio is filled with a great number of plants and you feel like you're in a private garden or on vacation somewhere. The interior is just as cozy, and the staff highly attentive. Pasta...
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The Ivy, ever-popular, resembles a cozy French country inn but serves updated regional American classics. Sunday brunches avow that the huevos rancheros are the best in town...
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The restaurant we recommend for a one-night-only stay in Los Angeles, this convivial, noisy, California set piece hsa beautiful country artifacts and old-fashioned bouquets. The menu typifies the local culinary mix, with such winners as mussels...
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THE IVY (Los Angeles) The cozy, French-Provincial-meets-Beverly-Hills setting—and the low-carb barbecue vegetable salad—draws celebrities and the studio moguls who hire them...
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The restaurant, an hold house with a worn white brick facade, stands back from the road behind a wooden fence, its yard reassuringly cluttered with parasols and roses. With unmatched fabrics, odd chairs and tables, and bowls of fruit as decoration; a...
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This perennial celebrity spot is where Hollywood insiders play the game and outsiders come to watch their moves. Food is the not the center of the universe for such people. They are the center of the universe, and The Ivy skillfully caters to their whims...
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At (Julia) Roberts rquest, the crew dined on crab cakes and chopped salad with grilled chicken, ordered from the Ivy...
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The ivy-clad patio is a paparazzi favorite, but inside the who's who of Hollywood enjoy one-of-a-kind fresh food and great music in the sun-drenched rose garden. Loyal clientele can't get enough of the grilled vegetable salad or the fresh lobster...
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As far as special dishes in the restaurants, "Ricky always makes a chocolate walnut torte for the holidays, as well as maple pecan pie and fresh pumpkin pie. We also have our holiday gelato flavors, which include fresh pumpkin hazelnut and peppermint stick."...
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