Esquire Theatre
419 N. Fairfax Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
419 N. Fairfax Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
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Additional Info
Architects: Clifford A. Balch
Functions: Restaurant
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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The Esquire Theatre was opened on May 27, 1937. It was converted into the second home of Canter’s Deli in 1953 after it moved from its original location.
Canter’s is still a popular local, late night deli near CBS Studios, the famous Farmer’s Market, the Silent Movie Theatre, and the Fairfax Theatre.
The deli’s tall ceiling is one of the few clues visitors can find of its original use.
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William Gabel
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Recent comments (view all 37 comments)
Here is a Wiki photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cojcz3
If you put 420 N. Fairfax in the Google search, you will be in the right spot. If you put in 419 N., it shows you a location several miles away, for unknown reasons.
This is a March 1940 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/cktbrh
Here is a February 2009 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/bqqqzy
Here is a photo taken last night:
http://tinyurl.com/cmv9l3
What remains inside of this theater, if anything>?
Here is another night shot:
http://tinyurl.com/ye7ulo4
Well I’ll be damned. Go ahead and laugh, but I lived in L.A. for 17 years and ate in Canter’s a number of times without ever knowing it had been a theater. But now I do, thanks to the latest photo upload. Amazing.
The only part that still looks like a theater is the restroom area on the second floor.
This opened on May 27th, 1937. Grand opening ad posted.