These days, Bradley Jacobs has been haunting Musso & Frank, the classic chophouse that opened on Hollywood Boulevard in 1919. Jacobs, who works in talent relations for the popular athleisure brand Alo Yoga, could easily be eating at some trendy hot spot, such as Nobu Malibu or Craig’s. Instead, he opts for this beautiful—but low-key—stalwart where the waiters still wear red suit jackets with black lapels. “It’s quintessential Hollywood and evokes that cool, nostalgic feeling of how business and pleasure used to be conducted in the age of one-to-one relationships,” Jacobs says. “It’s reminiscent of that Mad Men–like era of holding court and closing deals over Manhattans and martinis.”
“It’s not sterile and modern, which a lot of places these days are,” Jacobs adds. “The place has been lived in and has character.”
