'Imperial Gardens Sukiyaki Restaurant' by Kazumi Adachi

1957
Originally the Players Restaurant by actor Preston Sturges in 1944
In the mid-1950s, Players was replaced by; Versailles and Quo Vadis. Kazumi remodeled the entire structure for the Imperial in 57.

In 1990, it became the Roxbury owned by producer Eli Samaha (“Battlefield Earth”) and then-wife, actress Tia Carrere.

Continues to change hands...