The Grill On The Alley

The Grill on the Alley, founded in 1984, is a restaurant chain that specializes in American cuisine. The chain is a part of Grill Concepts, which owns, manages and licenses casual and fine dining restaurants under The Grill on the Alley and Daily Grill brand names. The Grill on the Alley maintains more than five locations in California, Illinois and Texas. The chain s restaurants are modeled...

Call a day ahead of time and order the secret fried chicken, which is not listed on the menu and must be requested prior to your arrival.

Valet for free up the street at Via Rodeo, on Dayton Way, just past Rodeo Drive. The entrance is on the right.

"See and be seen" feasting on "outstanding" steaks, chops and seafood alongside "the power brokers of Hollywood" at this "iconic" Beverly Hills "magnet" for the "entertainment biz"; the "old-school steakhouse" setting offers "a real sanctuary" for "wheelin' 'n' dealin'" over lunch, and given waiters who "treat everyone like royalty", there's "no need to be famous here."

Beverly Hills restaurants can take you many places, from Provence to Polynesia, but in this case it's just up the Golden State Freeway to a traditional San Francisco-style grill with dark-wood paneling and brass trim. This clubby chophouse, where movie industry execs power-lunch creates tasty, simple American fare, including steaks, chicken potpies, and Cobb salad. If you've really made it in...

A small door in an alley on Dayton Way leads you into this popular power lunch and neighborhood dinner spot, opened in 1984. Decorated in the classic bistro style with a black-and-white tiled floor, mahogany chairs and partitions, The Grill on the Alley maintains its tradition of serving American cuisine with steaks, chops and seafood. This place has long been coveted by entertainment industry...

Would you like a 24 oz. filet mignon or the 16 oz. broccoli with your 12 oz. martini? Brian Grazer and Barry Diller come for the cheesecake, and well, because they just don't feel appreciated at home. Crucial rice pudding for powerful people in shi shi leather booths. Sunday nights host special prime roast beef. Careers are made while you destroy the not to be missed or messed—with garlic...

Compared to New York's 21 Club, this men's club-style room will whisk you back in time. Ultra-civilized, white-jacketed waiters serve up dozens of impeccably fresh oysters on the half-shell, perfect crab cakes, tender shrimp cocktail and, of course, nicely aged prime porterhouse steaks. The Grill on the Alley is a hot lunch spot for agents and celebrities, who seem to enjoy the splendid Cobb...