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Dan Tana, founder of eponymous L.A. restaurant known for celebrity clientele, dead at 90

Dan Tana, founder of eponymous L.A. restaurant known for celebrity clientele, dead at 90
entertainment8/17/2025

The onetime professional soccer player opened Dan Tana's restaurant in West Hollywood in 1964, and it soon became a favorite haunt of movie stars and moguls alike.

Dan Tana at the 50th anniversary party for his namesake restaurant in West Hollywood in 2014. Dan Tana, the restaurateur whose eponymous Santa Monica Boulevard eatery has for decades been a Hollywood hotspot — one with dishes named for celebrities wh... [4852 chars]