

Marilyn Lewis, Hamburger Hamlet co-founder who is credited with creating the gourmet burger, dies at
If you like to customize your hamburger order — hold the bun, extra Sriracha and pimento cheese, please — you might have Marilyn Lewis to thank. Considered by many to be the creator of the gourmet, customizable hamburger, Lewis launched the iconic Hamburger Hamlet restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in 1950 along with her actor husband, Harry, and then expanded it into a nationwide chain known for upscale burger toppings, long before it became the trendy thing to do. Lewis — insta


Owner of Sunset Strip landmarks Whisky a Go Go and Rainbow Bar & Grill dies at 93
There have been others to claim the title of unofficial scion of the Sunset Strip, but Mario Maglieri, who died Thursday at age 93, lorded over that realm the longest and witnessed the rise and evolution of the storied West Hollywood live-music hub. A singular figure who owned two of the most enduring clubs in the neighborhood, the Whisky a Go Go and the Rainbow Bar & Grill, Maglieri fed musicians including Led Zeppelin, Cypress Hill, Guns N’ Roses, Motorhead and hundreds mor