The Beverly Hills Hotel Lounge

Beverly Hills, California, United States

The Beverly Hills Hotel still stands, and indeed still has a lounge, but there was at least a short period when they jumped on the tiki bandwagon and had a small lounge menu of Polynesian drinks, complete with requisite color drawings.

Today, their most notable contribution to the tropical lifestyle remains their banana leaf wallpaper. The Martinique® banana leaf wallpaper was created in 1942 by heritage Southern California textile brand CW Stockwell, and selected by famed designer Don Loper in 1949 to adorn the walls of the newly renovated and redesigned hotel. It is on display at the Fountain Coffee Room, which has also restored the 19 bar stools that originally surrounded the classic curved soda fountain counter, built in 1949. Unfortunately, the Coffee Room does not serve cocktails -- although they do offer wine and champagne in addition to their ice cream shakes.