Seating plan · HBO · 2000–2024 · Los Angeles
Larry is seated. He has already noticed the empty chair.
Larry David breaks rules only he knows, in real lunch rooms across the Westside. This page keeps score of you. Every small crime swings the needle.
Lunch on the Westside
Four rooms, four rules nobody wrote down. Break as many as you like. The dial is watching.
10940 Weyburn Avenue, Westwood Village
Offence: A third napkin
In “Denise Handicap” (season 7), the manager enforces a two-napkin limit on Larry.
Two per customer.
A pizza counter at 10940 Weyburn Avenue in Westwood Village, beside UCLA.
2321 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles
Offence: Stopping the aria
In “The Hot Towel” (season 7), Larry complains about his osso buco here and stops an opera singer mid-song.
An opera singer is working the tables.
An Italian restaurant at 2321 Westwood Boulevard, near Pico. Book a table.
9600 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills
Offence: Talking above a whisper
In “The Nanny from Hell” (season 3), Larry and Richard Lewis complain here about needing a quiet “whisper lunch”.
Volume: whisper.
A coffee shop at 9600 Brighton Way in the Beverly Hills shopping streets. Check opening hours.
10516 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles
Offence: Firing the remote guy
In “The Benadryl Brownie” (season 3), Larry fires the man who fixes his TV remote here, and is accused of being a closet racist.
He fixes the TV remote. He is also eating lunch with you.
A breakfast-and-lunch restaurant at 10516 West Pico Boulevard. Check opening hours.
Westwood Boulevard · season 8
A Palestinian chicken restaurant opens to rave reviews, and plans a second branch next to a Jewish deli.
The producers needed a restaurant with a good car park, between two other businesses and small enough for the final shots; Sunnin’s lot fitted.
Pick the lot for Al-Abbas Original Best Chicken.
Two delis · the regulars
Somebody you know is in every booth. Stop and you’re stuck; walk on and you’re rude.
Detector idle. Walk past a booth.
Cheryl Hines plays Cheryl, Larry’s wife
Jeff Garlin plays Jeff Greene, his manager
Susie Essman plays Susie, Jeff’s wife
J. B. Smoove plays Leon, Larry’s housemate
Fairfax
In that season 4 episode, Larry arranges a blind date here for a friend.
Canter’s opened in 1931 in Boyle Heights and later moved to the Fairfax District. It is open 24 hours most days, except Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but the dining room closes at 11.30pm.
A Jewish-style deli at 419 North Fairfax Avenue. Open 24 hours most days; the dining room closes at 11.30pm.
Santa Monica
In “The Bare Midriff”, Larry has lunch here with Jerry Seinfeld, and the Celebrity Wall of Fame was left up.
In season 5, Larry meets Ben Heineman here after denting his car; the celebrity headshots were taken off the walls for that shoot. The Infatuation calls it one of the only full-service restaurants in Santa Monica that is open 24 hours.
A 24-hour deli at 1433 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica. Look for the Celebrity Wall of Fame.
Fairfax · Open 24 hours most days
Book a booth where Larry set up the blind date. 419 North Fairfax Avenue; open 24 hours most days, dining room until 11.30pm.
See the menuWindward Avenue, Venice
The queue is long.
For the final season’s premiere in February 2024, Menotti’s turned its Venice Beach and Culver City shops into Latte Larry’s, with HBO.
Latte Larry’s is the “spite” store Larry opens in season 10. Fans got a free hot cup of black coffee, called spite, and a dry scone; one waited about two and a half hours.
The Syn says more than 5,000 fans came, to tables that did not wobble and hand sanitiser on every table.
A coffee bar at 56 Windward Avenue, a few steps from the Venice boardwalk.
Venice Beach
A 119-room boutique hotel at 1697 Pacific Avenue, steps from the Venice boardwalk, with the Kassi rooftop bar. Menotti’s on Windward Avenue is round the corner.
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Pacific Palisades
| Player | L. David |
|---|---|
| Back nine | 38 |
| Club | Riviera, since 1926 |
Larry David is a member at Riviera and has shot 38 on the back nine.
A number of Curb scenes were inspired by the club, including “The Black Swan”, and a few were filmed there. Riviera opened in 1926 and hosts the Genesis Invitational.
There is a gate.
A members’ golf club in Pacific Palisades. The public can come in for the Genesis Invitational each February. The streets around it are homes; be considerate.
Every episode ends like this
The theme that opens and closes the show is “Frolic” by Luciano Michelini; Larry David first heard it in a bank advert and liked its light, joyful sound. We won’t play it here; you can hear it in your head.
“Atlanta” · season 12
In the final season’s premiere, “Atlanta”, Larry gives water to Auntie Rae in a voting queue and is arrested under Georgia law.
A woman is waiting in a long voting queue. It is hot.
The series finale was shot outside the Carnegie Building, which stood in for a courthouse in Atlanta; Bridges Auditorium and Marston Quad appear behind.
The crew filmed there in March 2023, with Larry David and Ted Danson on set, during the twelfth season. The finale aired on 7 April 2024.
An academic building on Pomona College’s campus in Claremont. See it from Marston Quad; respect classes.
12 places you can visit. Riviera is a members’ club and The Victorian is a private-hire house: see them from the street. James’ Beach has closed. Larry David’s own home is private, and is not here.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working Lebanese restaurant at 1776 Westwood Boulevard, with its own small car park. Eat in.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An Italian restaurant at 2321 Westwood Boulevard, near Pico. Book a table.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A pizza counter at 10940 Weyburn Avenue in Westwood Village, beside UCLA.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A breakfast-and-lunch restaurant at 10516 West Pico Boulevard. Check opening hours.
1776 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles
Sunnin, a Lebanese restaurant on Westwood Boulevard, was the set for Al-Abbas Original Best Chicken.
A working Lebanese restaurant at 1776 Westwood Boulevard, with its own small car park. Eat in.
2321 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles
In “The Hot Towel” (season 7), Larry complains about his osso buco here and stops an opera singer mid-song.
An Italian restaurant at 2321 Westwood Boulevard, near Pico. Book a table.
10940 Weyburn Avenue, Westwood Village
In “Denise Handicap” (season 7), the manager enforces a two-napkin limit on Larry.
A pizza counter at 10940 Weyburn Avenue in Westwood Village, beside UCLA.
10516 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles
In “The Benadryl Brownie” (season 3), Larry fires the man who fixes his TV remote here, and is accused of being a closet racist.
A breakfast-and-lunch restaurant at 10516 West Pico Boulevard. Check opening hours.
Stay
Sleep in Venice, round the corner from the coffee stop that became Latte Larry’s.
Venice Beach
A 119-room boutique hotel at 1697 Pacific Avenue, steps from the Venice boardwalk, with the Kassi rooftop bar. Menotti’s on Windward Avenue is round the corner.
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Fairfax · Open 24 hours most days
Book a booth where Larry set up the blind date. 419 North Fairfax Avenue; open 24 hours most days, dining room until 11.30pm.
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The Genesis Invitational is the week the public walks Riviera.
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Take it home
The official book, the story of how Larry made it, and the unofficial soundtrack.
Deirdre Dolan
Gotham, 2006: Larry David’s stories, interviews, episode outlines and more than 100 colour photographs from the first five seasons.
Find the bookJosh Levine
ECW Press, 2010: Larry David and the making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Find the bookVarious Artists · Mellowdrama Records, 2006
The unofficial 2006 soundtrack, with the theme.
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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
12 of 12 places · 18 of 18 Moments
1776 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles
A Palestinian chicken restaurant opens to rave reviews, and plans a second branch next to a Jewish deli.
The restaurant sign from the shoot goes up in the Curb offices, and stays for years.
2321 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles
Larry complains about his osso buco and stops an opera singer mid-song.
10940 Weyburn Avenue, Westwood Village
The manager enforces a two-napkin limit.
10516 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles
Larry fires the man who fixes his TV remote, over lunch.
9600 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills
Larry and Richard Lewis complain about needing a quiet “whisper lunch”.
419 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles
Larry sets up a blind date in a booth at Canter’s.
1433 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica
Larry meets Ben Heineman for lunch after denting his car; the headshots come down for the shoot.
Larry has lunch with Jerry Seinfeld under the Celebrity Wall of Fame.
Josh Levine’s 2010 book about Larry David takes its title from the phrase.
2640 Main Street, Santa Monica
Larry is rude at Jeff and Susie’s goodbye party.
60 North Venice Boulevard, Venice
Larry pitches a Seinfeld reunion over dinner.
56 Windward Avenue, Venice
The spite store from season 10 opens for real for three days, serving black coffee and dry scones.
1250 Capri Drive, Pacific Palisades
A few scenes are filmed at Larry David’s own golf club; others, like “The Black Swan”, are inspired by it.
College Avenue, Claremont
In the final season’s premiere, “Atlanta”, Larry gives water to Auntie Rae in a voting queue and is arrested under Georgia law.
Georgia’s Secretary of State writes to Larry David to say he has no power to pardon him.
The Carnegie Building stands in for an Atlanta courthouse in the series finale.
The theme that opens and closes the show is “Frolic” by Luciano Michelini; Larry David first heard it in a bank advert and liked its light, joyful sound.
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