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January 13, 2017

Musso and Frank Grill

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For decades Hollywood legends have hung out at Musso and Frank Grill. It opened in 1919 and is completely entwined with stories of the stars who have dined there.  Charlie Chaplin ate there so much he had his own booth, and the menu still features his favorite dish, grilled lamb kidneys with bacon. Los Angeles, California | Atlas Obscura
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 13, 2017 7:01 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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$52 for a porterhouse, eh?
Doubtful I'd ever tie one of their feedbags on.
Buy one for $12 at Kroger and slam it on my own grill, and spend the rest on ammo.

Posted by: ghostsniper at January 14, 2017 4:17 AM

Lamb kidneys? Yuck. I don't eat animal organs on purpose, although I was somewhat errant in eating hog brains and cow lungs a few times while in the Philippines.

Posted by: Snakepit Kansas at January 14, 2017 6:30 AM

Actually, the lamb kidneys with bacon is not only very tasty, but very affordable.

Posted by: Vanderleun at January 14, 2017 7:40 AM

Just learned about that last night while watching an episode of the excellent "Bosch" cop drama.

Posted by: Ann K at January 14, 2017 9:01 AM

Simple ingredients,done well,consistently. Hallmark of a good eatery. How many trendsetting FoodNetwork Look-At-Me-I'm-A-Chef restaurants has the L.A. area seen? Countless? I'm with you,Ghost,on the practical sane plane. But if the opportunity arose,I'd order the Bone-in Ribeye,rare. Any restaurant that can survive Batshitfornia deserves respect. Long may it live.

Posted by: Nori at January 14, 2017 7:39 PM

“Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.”

Don't be shy, People.

Posted by: kinch at January 15, 2017 3:04 AM

In the late 1970s I lived in the same general neighborhood as Musso & Frank's. Dining there was like going back in time, all the dark wood and stern waiters. Wonderful.

Posted by: Sarah Rolph at January 15, 2017 12:47 PM

Ann K. Second season of Bosch is the best thing I've seen on TV in a very long time.

Posted by: Bradoplata at January 15, 2017 8:49 PM

My wife and I ate there a couple years ago just before seeing Joe Bonamassa down the street at the Dolby Theater. Great meal and as noted, like a step back in time.

Posted by: stephen b at January 16, 2017 8:57 AM

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