The Apple Pan
| The Apple Pan | |
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 The Apple Pan, 2008 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | April 11, 1947 |
| Dress code | Casual |
| Street address | 10801 West Pico Boulevard |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | California |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 90064 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 34°2′26.4″N 118°25′40.08″W / 34.040667°N 118.4278000°W |
The Apple Pan is a restaurant (opened in 1947) locally famous for its hamburgers, apple pies served with vanilla ice cream, and banana cream pie.
In addition to being one of Los Angeles’ oldest continuing operating restaurants, The Apple Pan is notable as the basis for the popular Johnny Rockets chain of restaurants. Johnny Rockets founder Ronn Teitlebaum claimed he used The Apple Pan as a model for his successful 1950s-themed franchise, copying the menu, presentation, counter seating and grilling area for the Johnny Rockets chain based on this original restaurant: a small menu with few items, hamburgers served wrapped in paper and on cardboard plates, hamburgers grilled-to-order in full view of the counter-seated customers.[1]
The exterior of the Apple Pan was used as an establishing shot in the first series of 1990s teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210. [2] The show's Executive Producer Charles Rosin wanted to use the name of the Apple Pan, but instead created the fictional Peach Pit, loosely based on the Apple Pan, after he was unable to agree terms with the diner's owners on the use of the name. [3]
See also
- Johnny Rockets, contemporary restaurant built on The Apple Pan's model
- List of hamburger restaurants
References
- ^ Arthur (February 18, 2007). "The Apple Pan hickory burger revisited (with clear eyes)". Chowhound. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ https://www.iamnotastalker.com/2013/03/26/the-apple-pan-from-beverly-hills-90210/
- ^ https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-blaze-with-lizzie-and-kat/episode/055-charles-rosin-season-two-wrap-up-41744818
Further reading
- Perry, Charles (May 16, 2007). "As American as Apple Pan". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times Media Group.