In typical Mama fashion, Mama Shelter Hollywood, the upstart boutique hotel is celebrating all-things-New Hollywood with a Hollywood go-to guide for the new (old) neighborhood — reveling in all its weird and wackiness. Most within walking distance of the hotel, Mama points the way to the very best bookstores, restaurants and bars, art galleries and historical architecture as well as the weird underbelly that makes Hollywood unique and many more surprises — such as the nearest SOS bail bonds if your weekend gets really wild.
The two-sided map features a collection of illustrations of Los Angeles’ best local lore, chosen by owner Benjamin Trigano and Jim Heimann — a cultural anthropologist and Executive Editor for TASCHEN America. He has authored numerous books on architecture, pop culture and the history of the West Coast, Los Angeles and Hollywood. His unrivaled private collection of ephemera has been featured in museum exhibitions around the world and in dozens of books.
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Mama Says Get Lost
Some of Mama’s Favorites includes offbeat bookstore Larry Edmunds, watering holes The Frolic Room and The Happy Endings Bar and ice cream parlor Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream. There are categories for sports, entertainment and SEX, and the map highlights such little-known landmarks as the American Legion Post 43, Clara Bow’s It Cafe, Philip Marlowe’s fictional office, the Beth Olam Cemetary and the Valentino Memorial. Further oddities include Museum of Death.
“Mama Says Get Lost”
Book Stores:
1) Larry Edmunds (6644 Hollywood Blvd)
2) Samuel French (7263 Sunset Blvd)
3) World Book & News (1652 N. Cahuenga Blvd)
Drink & Eat:
1) Boardners (1652 N. Cherokee Ave)
2) El Floridita (1253 Vine St.)
3) Frolic Room (6245 Hollywood Blvd)
4) The Happy Endings Bar (7038 Sunset Blvd)
5) In-N-Out Burger (7009 Sunset Blvd)
6) Kitchen 24 (1608 N. Cahuenga Blvd)
7) Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream (1525 N. La Brea Ave)
8) Miceli’s (1646 N. Las Palmas Ave)
9) Musso & Franks (6667 Hollywood Blvd)
10) Pla-boy Liquor (6435 Yucca St)
11) Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles (1514 N. Gower Ave)
12) Sassafras Saloon (1233 Vine St)
13) The Three Clubs (1123 N. Vine St)
14) Yamashiro (1999 N. Syamore Ave)
15) 101 Coffee Shop (6145 Franklin Ave)
Entertainment
1) Arclight Cinema (6360 Sunset Blvd)
2) Pantages Theatre (6233 Hollywood Blvd)
3) El Capitan Theatre (6838 Hollywood Blvd)
4) Egyptian / American Cinematheque (6712 Hollywood Blvd)
5) Grauman’s Chinese (6925 Hollywood Blvd)
6) Hollywood Wax Museum (6767 Hollywood Blvd)
7) Magic Castle (7001 Franklin Ave)
Galleries
1) Freedman Fitzpatrick (6051 Hollywood Blvd)
2) Hannah Hoffman (1010 N. Highland Ave)
3) Overduin & Co (6693 Sunset Blvd)
4) Regen Projects (6750 Santa Monica Blvd)
5) TGIF Sigfrids (1507 Wilcox Ave)
6) Various Small Fires (812 N. Highland Ave)
Historical Architecture
1) Alto Nido Apartments (1851 N. Ivar Ae)
2) American Legion Post 43 (2035 Highland Ave)
3) Beth Olam Cemetary (900 N. Gower St)
4) Capitol Records (1750 N. Vine St)
5) Cinerama Dome (6121 Sunset Blvd)
6) Clara Bow’s It Café (1637 N. Vine St)
7) Charlie Chaplin Studios (1416 N. La Brea Ave)
8) Crossroads of the World (6671 Sunset Blvd)
9) Hollywood Athletic Club (6525 Sunset Blvd)
10) Hollywood Center Motel (6720 Sunset Blvd)
11) Hollywood Forever Cemetary (6000 Santa Monica Blvd)
12) Hollywood Studio Museum (2100 Highland Blvd)
13) Hollywood & Vine (Hollywood & Vine)
14) Knickerbocker Hotel (1717 N. Ivar Ave)
15) Landmark Motor Hotel / Highland Gardens (7047 Franklin Ave)
16) Las Palmas Hotel (1738 . Las Palmas Ave)
17) Villa Elaine Apartments (1245 N. Vine St)
18) Pa-Va Sed Apartments (1817 N. Ivar Ave)
19) Philip Marlowe’s Fictional Office (6381 Hollywood Blvd)
20) Neutra / Schindler (6313 Hollywood Blvd)
21) Valentino Memorial (De Long pre Park. De Longpre Ave and Cherokee Street)
22) Ozcot (1749 Cherokee Ave)
Music
1) Amoeba Records (6400 Sunset Blvd)
2) Palladium (6215 Sunset Blvd)
3) Hollywood Bowl (2301 Highland Ave)
Sports
1) Lucky Strike (6801 Hollywood Blvd)
2) Wild Card Boxing Club (1123 N. Vine St, #14)
3) YMCA (1553 Schrader Blvd)
Sex
1) Cahuenga Video and Adult Books (1651 N. Cahuenga Blvd)
2) Crazy Girls (1433 N. La Brea Ave)
3) 7th Veil Strip Club (7180 Sunset Blvd)
Museums
1) Museum of Death (6031 Hollywood Blvd)
2) Psychiatry an Industry of Death Museum (6616 Sunset Blvd)
Misc.
1) Potter / SOS Bail Bonds (1345 Wilcox Ave)
2) The Record Parlor (6408 Selma Ave)
3) The Supply Sergeant (6664 Hollywood Blvd)
4) Hollywood Toys and Costumes (6660 Hollywood Blvd)
5) Panpipes (1641 Cahuenga Blvd)
