HMS Bounty - Los Angeles Restaurant and Bar

Three of us ventured to the HMS Bounty last night - inspired by a cool website called Los Angeles Time Machines, we are planning on making excursions to some of the historic restaurants and bars listed at that site, especially the ones we haven't ever been to. This was my first visit to the HMS Bounty - originally called "The Gay Room" when it opened. It is on Wilshire in Koreatown directly across the street from the former Ambassador Hotel where the Cocoanut Grove was located (the ruins of this hotel are still - barely - there; as of this writing you can still see a few letters from the word "Ambassador" on the side of a piece of the building still standing). The HMS Bounty is a dark, old-fashioned looking restaurant decorated with a nautical theme - faux portholes and paintings of ships on the wall. The long wood bar is backed by strings of red, white, and green lights, a ship inside glass and other decorations. Referred to by some as a "dive" this place seemed pretty nice to me, with a good vibe. We sat in one of the comfortable red booths for dinner and all had the "Famous Baseball Steak", medium rare, which was really juicy and tasty and came served with some yummy mashed potatoes au jus and broccoli. Later we sat at the bar - a friendly spot with lots of regulars - for a few low-priced stiff cocktails. The HMS Bounty is a neat, historic place - with good food to boot. By the way, it is attached to the historic Gaylord Apartments (once a hotel) - you have to walk through the lobby of the apartment building to get to the restrooms. There are a few display cases off the lobby with historical memorabilia inside, menus, vintage movie star items, even an open hotel registry book from the 1920s. I would like to go to as many historic restaurants in L.A. as I can before they end up shutting down - a restaurant called Monty's in Pasadena, quite local for me, sadly shut it's doors before I had a chance to get there. I just dread the day when a place such as, for example, Musso and Frank's in Hollywood closes down and is replaced by a Cheesecake Factory!