Recipes, The Brown Derby

Lucy’s Lunch at the Hollywood Brown Derby

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Lucy, Ethel and Fred have Lunch at the Brown Derby in Hollywood

The I Love Lucy Episode “L.A. At Last!,” 1955, is memorable for the famous scene at the Hollywood Brown Derby. Lucy is hoping to spot  movie stars, so she and Ethel and Fred go to the Hollywood Brown Derby for lunch where she has the hilarious scene with Bill Holden. Lucy orders a Derby tossed salad and spaghetti and meatballs with lots of meat sauce and Ethel opts for the same.  I have an old Brown Derby cookbook – pictured below – so I looked up the recipes. You can find the Brown Derby Mixed Green Salad, on p. 74. Spaghetti Derby p 27 and the Derby Meat Sauce on p 28

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Lucy browses the menu at the Holly Brown Derby Restaurant

The Menu Lucy choses from is similar to the vintage menu pictured below

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The Brown Derby Luncheon Menu

 

Lucy,Ethel and Fred have Lunch at the Brown Derby in Hollywood
The Brown Derby Cook Book – click here to find it on eBay