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Sunset Strip Review
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Sunset Strip
- Category: Neighborhoods/Streets
- Location: West Hollywood
Fodor's Review:
For 60 years the Hollywood nighttime crowd has headed for the 1¾-mi stretch of Sunset Boulevard between Crescent Heights Boulevard on the east and Doheny Drive on the west, known as the Sunset Strip. In the 1930s and '40s, stars such as Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, Norma Shearer, and Rita Hayworth came for wild evenings of dancing and drinking at nightclubs like Trocadero, Ciro's, and Mocambo. By the '60s and '70s, the Strip had become the center of rock and roll for acts like Johnny Rivers, the Byrds, and the Doors. The '80s punk riot gave way to hair metal lead by Mötley Crüe and Guns N' Roses on the stages of the Whisky A Go-Go (8901 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 310/652-4202. www.whiskyagogo.com) and The Roxy (9009 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 310/276-2222. www.theroxyonsunset.com). Nowadays it's the Viper Room (8852 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 310/358-1880. www.viperroom.com), the House of Blues (8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 323/848-5100. www.hob.com), and the Key Club (9039 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 310/274-5800. www.keyclub.com), where you'll find on-the-cusp actors, rock stars, club-hopping regulars, and out-of-towners all mingling over drinks and live music. Parking and traffic around the Strip can be tough on weekends, but the time and money may be worth it if you plan to make the rounds -- most clubs are within walking distance of each other.
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