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A restaurant in West Hollywood, located where the old Big & Tall Bookstore used to be, over across from El Coyote. They feature live music. What they're trying to cultivate is a kind of electronic cabaret environment.
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'''Lumpy Gravy''' was a [[Los Angeles]] restaurant, operative at 7311 Beverly Blvd., between 1997 and 1999.  
  
[[Gabor Csupo]] started this place with his lady [[Brett Crain]], to honor FZ.
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It was named after Zappa's album  ''[[Lumpy Gravy]] (1968)''. It was opened by [[Gabor Csupo]] and his partner Brett Crain in 1997.  He described it as ''"a serious art gallery that serves exotic eclectic cuisine"''. There was live music on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights. The gallery upstairs featured Eastern European paintings, metallic collages, crazy industrial toys and the works of [[Moon Zappa]].
  
[[George Sarah]] books the bands. [[Howard Hallis]] runs the upstairs art emporium, CD store and webstation.
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''"Lumpy Gravy"'' closed in June 1999.
  
[[Moon Zappa]] created paintings for the gallery inside the restaurant.
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Latest revision as of 07:35, 26 July 2026

Lumpy Gravy was a Los Angeles restaurant, operative at 7311 Beverly Blvd., between 1997 and 1999.

It was named after Zappa's album Lumpy Gravy (1968). It was opened by Gabor Csupo and his partner Brett Crain in 1997. He described it as "a serious art gallery that serves exotic eclectic cuisine". There was live music on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights. The gallery upstairs featured Eastern European paintings, metallic collages, crazy industrial toys and the works of Moon Zappa.

"Lumpy Gravy" closed in June 1999.