Nope. Most of the ESPN ones are when I worked as a concierge at a Hollywood hotel and they all stayed there for the ESPYs.

Roosevelt or Renaissance?

He's a prick right?

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Renaissance, when it was still Renaissance. Now it's a Loew's.

Oh, I met the guy who played the Hispanic Lt. on Hill Street Blues after it went off the air. He was shaking hands and smiling in our galley (cafeteria on a ship, I was active duty Navy at the time) and he seemed like a nice guy. Somebody asked him if the show was coming back and he said something like, "Well, I hope so" but this was in Mazatlan and he looked pretty happy to be ****ing around in paradise all day long.

I just checked and I guess the guy died of pancreatic cancer back in 1990. That's too bad. He went out of his way to stop by our ship and meet with us. Came off as a genuinely nice guy. RIP.

I haven't been there since they changed ownership. Is it better, worse or any different? Any remodeling?

We really dig the W Hollywood. While the Bliss spa isn't full service there, they do employ excellent people. The rooms are nice and the hotel is fun.

Personally, I never got that vibe at the Ren. We were just down at the Redbury and it's pretty cool, although the bar area is small and I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over their outdoor bar vibe, the "Library". I hated that nonsense when I was younger and have zero tolerance now.

Talk about a room full of douchers and douchettes.

Yeah, the Renaissance was mostly families and business travelers. They'd pretend they were trendy but they were anything but. Pretty much the same place now, from what I hear. Remodeling, but it's all superficial changes I think.

Redbury, W, and the Roosevelt are all much cooler.

Especially where restaurants are concerned.

The Redbury's restaurant was interesting (Persian/Arabic/Greek) but I'm not sure I could make it a regular habit. The French restaurant at the W is pretty good (can't remember the name without looking it up - D something?) and the Roosevelt definitely has the coolest vibe of them all, IMO.

I love that bar, hangin' in the main room, grabbing a burger late or whatever. I'm not into the pool area (unless chicks are getting crazy & naked) but it's probably my favorite of the three if I'm going out with the guys.

I really like Cleo, but I can see not making it a regular spot. I did always think Delphine was kinda cool. At least it's different than most places in the area. The Roosevelt is just old school kinda cool. Really good bartenders and the food at Public Kitchen and Bar is actually pretty good, especially the desserts.

Not my ideal place to go out for dinner and drinks in the city, but if you're in the area it's not bad.

You should have asked NORE what the **** happened to his career

Yeah, I really liked Cleo and the food was excellent. They had some interesting takes (the oysters and octopus) and their flatbreads, pitas and lamb were excellent. The drinks were uber weak and the door to the valet was constantly open, so there wasn't really a great vibe in their bar area, especially with a bigger party like we had, in which we were practically hovering over restaurant patrons.

Delphine is very good but I'm still shocked there's not a restaurant on the scale of Olives (which is amazing in Union Square), Blue Fin (47th & Broadway) or a Whiskey Bar. Drai's is for douchers, so it's not really my type of hang.

And yes, The Roosevelt definitely has the old-school vibe and their remodel has been a great success. I remember going in there back when I first moved to Hollywood back in 1993 and thinking it was an empty dump. I was so bored I agreed to be part of a test group for a new CBS show that failed (Annie Potts was the star). We were all sweating our asses off after the 22 minute pilot because they didn't have central air!

That's crazy to think about now. :D

I'm a huge fan of the Knickerbocker Bar and grill-not too far from Olives

http://www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com/

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