LOS ANGELES — Dan Tana, the restaurateur whose eponymous Santa Monica Boulevard eatery has for decades been a Hollywood hot spot — one with dishes named for celebrities who are liable to be there on any given night — died in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday. He was 90.

Mr. Tana, born Dobrivoje Tanasijević, was a professional soccer player before opening the clubby red-sauce Italian restaurant in 1964, running it until he sold it in 2009. By then, its reputation as a favorite of A-listers had been cemented by the regular presence of devotees including Elizabeth Taylor and Kirk Douglas.

The details of Mr. Tana’s death were confirmed by L.A. historian Alison Martino, a friend of the restaurant’s current owner, Sonja Perencevic, who purchased it from its founder. Ms. Martino, who runs the eater

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