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Lawry's Restaurants company history timeline

1938

In 1938, the two opened Lawry's The Prime Rib on La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

1940

In 1940, inspired by puppet shows he had enjoyed in Denmark, Chramer turned the ballroom into the Kungsholm Puppet Theater.

1947

In 1947 Lawry's restaurant moved from its original location on La Cienega across the street and a few yards further south to a larger, mostly windowless, strikingly modernistic building designed by Wayne McAllister.

1950

Only servers in the 1950's donned the "brown gowns".That remain almost the same to the ones worn today in all Lawry’s restaurants, down to the pressed aprons and headbands.

1972

Both ventures received terrible reviews, and Shipwreck Kelly’s and the New Theater folded in 1972.

1974

Lawry's Beverly Hills had moved a few blocks further south in 1974 due to expansion.

1979

An innovative visionary, he builds it into an international brand before the company is sold in 1979.

1993

But it had returned to the original site of 100 N. La Cienega Blvd. in 1993.

2013

Lawry's Seoul, Korea, is the latest addition to the business in Asia and is ioening in November 2013.

2022

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Founded
1937
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Headquarters
Pasadena, CA
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Founders
Lawrence Frank,Walter de Kamp
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