Dan Tana's isn't the place for authenticity or innovation, but it treats regulars like celebs

Jonathan Gold reviews Dan Tana's, the red-sauce Italian restaurant in business since 1964, frequented by the rich and famous.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • October 28, 2016
The worst date of my life took place at Dan Tana’s, where a high-school crush and I had wandered after a set by McCoy Tyner a few steps away at the Troubadour. My date didn’t like jazz, as it turned out; she spent a lot of time sighing that she...
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