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Seeing Stars: Restaurants Owned by the Stars.

9229 W
Sunset Blvd.,
West Hollywood, CA / (310) 887-3848
Hey, Jude, don't take it bad...
Alas, this West Hollywood branch of Blowfish has closed its doors (although other branches remain open).
I will leave the page up for a while, for anyone interested in reading
about the restaurant. But bear in mind that the article below was
written when the restaurant was open and doing business.
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You
have to love the name of this restaurant: "BLOWFISH: Sushi to Die
For". For the uninitiated, parts of the fugu blowfish are deadly
poison, so eating it can prove fatal if it isn't prepared correctly. However,
it should be noted that, unlike some places, Blowfish doesn't really serve
fugu - just a harmless relative.
But
equally interesting is its celebrity clientele, and one of its owners: Julian Lennon,
first son of Beatles legend John Lennon. Paul McCartney
wrote the classic song "Hey Jude" about Julian (it was originally
"Hey Jules"). One of his childhood drawings reportedly inspired
the Beatles' hit "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". And, of course,
Julian is a hit singer in his own right (Too Late for Goodbyes,
Valotte).
Situated at the west
end of the Sunset Strip (just a few blocks east of Beverly Hills), on the
bottom floor of a high-rise, Blowfish is a trendy, hip environment where
over a dozen flat-screen TVs blast anime (Japanese cartoons), while music
is blasting over the speakers. On Fridays, there's hip-hop in the backroom
lounge.
Lindsay Lohan
celebrated her 18th birthday at Blowfish, with Wilmer Valderrama
& Donnie Masterson
(of "That '70s Show"). Other
celebrity customers include Leonardo DiCaprio
("Titanic"), Denzel Washington
("Training Day"), Adam Sandler
("Click"), Nicolas Cage
("Leaving Las Vegas", "Face/Off"), Vin Diesel
("The Fast & the Furious"),
Kevin Spacey
("American Beauty"), Chris Klein
& Tara Reid,
("American Pie"), Mischa Barton
('Marissa' on "The O.C."), Neve Campbell
("Wild Things"), Pamela Anderson
("Baywatch"), the Olsen
twins ("Full House"), Chris Noth
("Law & Order), Tori Spelling
("Beverly Hills 90210"), JC Chasez
('N Sync), Nicole Richie
and Fred Durst
(Limp Bizkit).
   
Lunch is mainly
business
types, but the place heats up after dark, with the bar taking the
spotlight, serving drinks such as the "Peach Nympho" (peach juice
& sake). Prices are moderately high, but the imaginative sushi and
the cooked entrees get top marks from most critics. They're open until 2
AM on
weekends.
Getting
there: Blowfish is located on the Sunset
Strip, just west of where Sunset Blvd forks with Dohney Road (near
Greystone Mansion), just a few blocks
east of the border with Beverly Hills.
See Blowfish's
menus on the restaurant's official website: www.blowfishsushi.com
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for something in particular? Search the Seeing-Stars website!
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