Photos: Celebrity caricatures at the Palm Restaurant
Palm co-owner Bruce Bozzi Jr., is surrounded by caricatures of celebrities that grace the walls the West Hollywood restaurant. After 40 years, Palm is moving to Beverly Hills, but most of the sketches won’t be making the trip. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Caricatures at the Palm include actors Gene Hackman, in plane, and John Travolta. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Agent Tom Ross, left, and music industry attorney Kim Guggenheim look over the caricatures. Both Ross and Guggenheim are longtime customers of the restaurant. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The sketches of actor John Wayne, from left, former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and actor Danny Kaye. Palm is scheduled to relocate in November. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
One drawing depicts actor Roy Scheider, from the movie “Jaws,” riding the infamous shark. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Cook Rodolfo Suazo, in doorway, talks with waiter Alex Concepcion while surrounded by dozens of caricatures of celebrities that grace the walls of West Hollywood’s Palm restaurant. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Rick Mendoza cuts out the likeness of chef Luis Rodriguez at Palm restaurant in West Hollywood to test how easily the caricatures can be removed from the walls before the restaurant relocates to Beverly Hills. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A caricature of famed sports commentator Howard Cosell. Cosell was one of the few celebrities depicted at the establishment who left his signature by his likeness. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Tayna Hodge, general manager of West Hollywood’s Palm restaurant, stands near caricatures of celebrities Walter Matthau, George Burns and famed Hollywood columnist Army Archerd. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry signed “Love and prosper” near his caricature on a wall of Palm. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The sketch of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain. Palm management says it is inviting all those depicted in the illustrations to take their images home. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Serving assistant Kristhy Morales sets up a table inside Palm, which, after 40 years, is scheduled to close its West Hollywood location on Sept. 30 and reopen in Beverly Hills in November. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
