The Hollywood Brown Derby closed for the last time at its original site on April 3 , 1985 , as a result of a lease dispute . The building was later occupied by a restaurant called Arbat Continental Restaurant when the building was hit by an early morning fire that destroyed the kitchen . After the fire in 1987 , the building remained unoccupied and deteriorated further while suffering frequent break-ins from homeless squatters and teenage gang members . As a result of damage caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake , the building at 1628 North Vine Street was declared unsafe by the City of Los Angeles and was the first building in Hollywood ordered to be demolished . It was razed the following month
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Brown Derby