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When discussing West Hollywood nightlife, the conversation either starts or ends with The Abbey. The iconic club, restaurant, and bar turned 30 over the weekend, with festivities that spilled out onto Robertson, just south of Santa Monica Boulevard, complete with cocktails and a lesser-known menu item that started the entire influential enterprise: dessert.
There’s a massive bakery tucked inside of The Abbey, with a tempting display of red velvet cakes, cheesecakes, apple pies, and ding dongs ready for club hoppers, brunchers, cocktail lovers, or perpetual happy hour seekers. But the massive 12,500-square-foot Abbey experience featuring, in its modern iteration, four full-service bars, DJ booths, dining areas, and go-go dancer podiums had modest beginnings. Owner David Cooley opened the original Abbey in 1991, in the now empty and former Bossa Nova space. Cooley, even then, envisioned a queer-positive space with desserts.
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Barry Duong and Richard Aspillera wait for their food outside Sam’s Burgers in San Francisco.Nick Otto/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Second-generation owner Emad Elshawa serves a burger at Sam’s.Nick Otto/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Michael Schaff, visiting from Mandan, N.D., eats a burger at Sam’s in San Francisco, which is expected to receive Legacy Business Registry status this week.Nick Otto/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The menu at Sam’s Burgers, which was recently approved for addition to San Francisco’s Legacy Business Registry.Nick Otto/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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