Jul 16, 2008 10:45 pm US/Pacific
Valley's Sportsmen's Lodge To Be Renovated
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
Extensive renovations are planned for the venerable Sportsmen's Lodge, a San Fernando Valley oasis where generations of celebrities and politicians dined and drank among gardens and trout ponds.
Steve Afriat, a spokesman for the property's owner, says the 63-year-old restaurant, bar and banquet hall will undergo renovations after January, when the current tenant's lease expires. The 200-room Sportsmen's Lodge Hotel and Patio Cafe next door is already being renovated.
The lodge is located on 11 acres at Ventura Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Avenue and has been a favorite with baby boomers who fished for their trout dinners.
It was also a movie studio hangout for such stars as Clark Gable, John Wayne and Bette Davis. Just around the corner is the Little Brown Church of the Valley, where Ronald Reagan tied the knot with Nancy Davis.
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