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Du-par's
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1938; 86 years ago (1938) in Los Angeles, California
FounderJames Dunn and Edward Parsons
Headquarters
Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Area served
    • Los Angeles, California
    • Las Vegas, Nevada
ServicesRestaurant and bakery
OwnerFrances Tario
Websitewww.dupars.net

Du-par's is a

Las Vegas, Nevada.[2]

Overview

After 20 years of ownership, the Oberst family sold the chain in 2004 to an investment group led by W.W. "Biff" Naylor, son of noted California restaurateur Tiny Naylor (of Biff's and Tiny Naylor's restaurants) for an undisclosed amount. At the time of the sale, there were three locations: the original restaurant at the Farmers Market; Studio City; and Thousand Oaks.[3][4] After 31 years, the Thousand Oaks location closed and was demolished in 1991 to make way for the construction of a new shopping center.[5]

Former Studio City location of Du-par's in 2008

Du-par's expanded in 2009 to include several locations from the bankrupt Bakers Square chain.[6][7] One of them, Du-Par's in Oxnard, eventually closed in August 2012.[8]

Another was in San Diego's Midway district.[9] It closed in September 2015[10] and reopened in the Gaslamp Quarter in August 2016.[11] That location then closed in February 2017.[12]

In 2010, Du-par's expanded for the first time outside California by opening a restaurant-bakery in the

Las Vegas, Nevada.[13] A second Las Vegas-area location was opened in the Suncoast Hotel and Casino in April 2016.[14] The Du-par's Restaurant & Bakery inside the Golden Gate Casino closed for financial reasons on February 7, 2017.[15][16] In March 2017, Boyd Gaming, the owners of the Suncoast Hotel and Casino, signed a licensing agreement to assume management of the Du-par's restaurant in their casino while retaining the Du-par's name and recipes.[17]

When Naylor bought a Hamburger Hamlet in Bethesda, Maryland in 2012, he rebranded it as "Du-par's Hamburger Hamlet", bringing the chain to the East Coast;[18] that location however closed for good in 2013.[19] Du-par's then took over a former Hamburger Hamlet in Pasadena, California in 2014.[20]

In May 2015, a new location was opened in Encino;[21] it closed in November 2016.[22]

The Studio City location closed on December 31, 2017.[23]

The chain was then purchased by former manager Frances Tario in 2018. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the struggling Farmers Market restaurant started carhop service to increase business[24] after trying the idea of selling pancake batter for pick-up orders when the California governor Gavin Newsom forbade dining inside restaurants.[25] Meanwhile, the Pasadena location was forced to close as a result of the pandemic, [26][27][28] leaving only the Farmers Market restaurant and the one at Las Vegas' Suncoast Hotel and Casino left.[2][29]

Media

Du-par's was featured in the

Amazon Studios show Bosch. Main characters, including Harry Bosch and Eleanor Wish, dined at Du-par's during pivotal moments in Season 4.[30]

In Michael Connelly's 2011 legal thriller The Fifth Witness, protagonist Michael "Mickey" Haller states that he and his fourteen-year-old daughter regularly ate at the Du-par’s in Studio City.[31]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jennings, Lisa (November 8, 2004). "Naylor to buy Du-Par's, taps Puck chef to revamp menu". Nation's Restaurant News. Archived from the original on May 21, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Du-par's". Suncoast Hotel and Casino.
  3. ^ Biederman, Patricia Ward (June 24, 2004). "Du-par's Changing Hands but Not Heart or Soul: The Farmers Market institution is being sold, but the new owner promises not to alter its recipe for success". Los Angeles Times.
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  5. ^ Lee, Peggy Y. (March 7, 1991). "Thousand Oaks : Planners Approve Du-par's Demolition". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ McKinnon, Lisa (March 2, 2009). "Bad economy hasn't eaten at county's food industry". Ventura County Star.
  7. ^ "Cafe Society: Ventura's old Mission Bell Cafe rings up ice-cream sales now". Ventura County Star. February 22, 2009.
  8. ^ McKinnon, Lisa (August 25, 2012). "Cafe Society: The Cave's chef Gary Daniel pays it forward, moves on". Ventura County Star.
  9. ^ Bedford, Ed (August 10, 2011). "Beat the Clock at Du-par's Restaurant & Bakery". San Diego Reader.
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  13. ^ Radke, Brock (May 1, 2010). "What's become of my diner?: Good things, as it turns out, courtesy of Du-par's". Las Vegas Sun.
  14. Eater Las Vegas
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  15. ^ Torres-Cortez, Ricardo (February 7, 2017). "Du-Par's restaurant closes at the Golden Gate". Las Vegas Sun.
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  17. ^ Moore, Thomas (March 31, 2017). "Du-par's restaurant at Suncoast changing hands". Las Vegas Sun.
  18. ^ "Du-par's Bringing Famous West Coast Brand East | BethesdaNow". Bethesda Now. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Du-par's Hamburger Hamlet Closed | BethesdaNow". Bethesda Now. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Hamburger Hamlet in Pasadena closes to become Du-par's". Pasadena Star-News. January 2, 2014.
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  22. Eater LA
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  23. ^ Elliott, Farley (December 11, 2017). "Classic Valley Diner Du-Par's Will Depart Studio City on January 1: The company wants to return to the Valley, they just don't know where". Eater LA.
  24. ^ Folven, Edwin (July 16, 2020). "Classic carhop service at Du-par's brings back the casual dining of yesteryear". Beverly Press.
  25. ^ Schena, Susan C. (April 20, 2020). "Du-par's Legendary Pancake Batter Will Get You Through Lockdown". Yahoo! News.
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  27. ^ Bermont, Bradley (May 19, 2020). "Has Du-par's Pasadena location closed for good?". Pasadena Star-News.
  28. ^ "Du-Pars Restaurant Shutters Pasadena Location Permanently Due To Pandemic-Related Financial Struggles". KCBS-TV. May 20, 2020.
  29. ^ "Locations". Du-par's. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  30. ^ "All the LA bars and restaurants featured in modern noir cop show Bosch". 19 April 2019.
  31. ISBN 0316069353

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