Trocadero (Los Angeles)
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In West Hollywood, California, the Trocadero Ballroom was the center of jitterbug in the 1930s. Today Trocadero is a nightclub at 8610 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. A black tie French-inspired supper club, the Trocadero was considered the jewel of the Strip in the 1930s and became synonymous with stars, starlets, movie producers and fun. It was also the scene of many famous movie premiere parties.
Among the celebrities who frequented the Trocadero were Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Norma Shearer. The Trocadero was featured in the 1937 movie A Star is Born starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March.
The stylish connotations of the name "Trocadero" derive from the Battle of Trocadero in southern Spain, a citadel held by liberal Spanish forces that was taken by the French troops sent by Charles X, in 1823. The battle was commemorated in the Place du Trocadéro, Paris, and the monumental glamor of the Parisian site has given rise to a variety of locales bearing its name.
In London the Trocadero Restaurant of J. Lyons and Co. opened in 1896 in Shaftesbury Avenue, near the theatres of the West End. It offered magnificent in an Opera Baroque style, and the various Trocaderos of the English-speaking world have derived their names from this original, the epitome of grand Edwardian catering.
Consequently, Trocadero is the name of several restaurants and clubs throughout the world: see Trocadero.
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