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The Tower Bar

The Tower Bar dining room.

8358 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

When hotelier Jeff Klein opened The Tower Bar, the dimly-lit, wood-paneled restaurant inside the Sunset Tower Hotel, he told Sherry Lansing, the actress-turned-Paramount-C.E.O., “I want the establishment, the people who have been around a long time.” For 15 years, the who’s who of Hollywood has convened at Tower Bar for chopped salads and martinis. It’s where Rupert Murdoch announced his engagement to Jerry Hall, and where Tom Ford has his own table, which, per his request, has no overhead lighting. The last time I went, I ate a delicious shrimp cocktail and saw Jeff Bezos. Ignore the stars, if you can, while capping off your meal with an ice cream sundae—diners can customize the dessert by using a golf pencil to tick off boxes on a physical sundae menu. —Jensen Davis

Jensen Davis is the Junior Editor at AIR MAIL

Photo courtesy of Tower Bar