Dan Tana, the sometime actor and former maitre d’ who opened the namesake Dan Tana’s Restaurant in West Hollywood in 1964, has died at the age of 90.

The eatery, which became a Los Angeles institution, hosting actors and various industry figures, announced Tana’s death in a Facebook post on Saturday, saying that he had “passed on.”

“We all know that he created a very magical place,” the statement, attributed to Dan Tana’s staff , said of the restaurant’s former owner. “Our beloved little yellow house will forever feel his presence.”

Dan Tana, the sometime actor and former maitre d’ who opened the namesake Dan Tana’s Restaurant in West Hollywood in 1964, has died at the age of 90.

The eatery, which became a Los Angeles institution, hosting actors and various industry figures, announc

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