Inside Elizabeth Taylor's Bel Air Estate

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Mulholland lived within walking distance of Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons’ house, and a few blocks from the home of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on Devonshire Street in Chatsworth. The Ball-Arnaz home was later demolished to make way for a housing development. Al Jolson and his wife, Ruby Keeler, lived on a five-acre spread on Louise Avenue in Encino that had a waterfall and a koi-stocked lagoon. Liberace’s backyard pool on Valley Vista Boulevard in North Hollywood was built in the shape of a grand piano, with 88 black and white keys painted at the shallow end. An afterthought order proved to be the surprise of the evening. When we had ordered, the waitress had suggested ordering sautéed mushrooms and onions with our entrees.

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The Western-inspired, 11,700-square-foot house on the property has 34 rooms, including a bar and casino room with spinning, colored lights. The compound includes a pool, a faded tennis court and the stables-turned-living quarters and offices. The structures take up just seven acres of the rugged hillside property.

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The menu features a wide array of chicken, seafood, and, of course, steak. The halibut and salmon choices have the option of Cajun seasoning, and the scallop fettuccini is served with a Chardonnay cream sauce. Most of the meat, however, is unadorned by sauces. The steaks are helpfully available in two sizes, though, with all the sides, even the smaller, 12-oz. Mickey Rooney also lived in the Valley, but in a more grandiose style--in a 27-room hacienda on Densmore Avenue in Encino, with a white tile roof, bay windows and a large pool. The two-story house, built in the early 1940s, has five garages.

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The 7,000-square-foot home is a 1960s style ranch house and sits on 1.27 acres. It consists of 6 bedrooms, including two master suites, and 6 bathrooms. It’s the former home of Nancy Sinatra Sr. (Frank Sinatra’s daughter).

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He always tried to welcome his regulars upon arrival (I would become one of those regulars). The ranch is widely accepted as the oldest operating restaurant in Las Vegas. Bob enjoyed life to the fullest, dying in 2010 at 87. Elvis Presley and Ann Margret were filmed there shooting skeet in the movie “Viva Las Vegas.” When Ann was filmed shooting, it was Bob breaking the targets just out of sight of the camera.

But the experience is what I seek, and this is where you get the real deal. Dessert offerings ranged from a light Key Lime Pie to heftier offerings such as Tiramisu. The brownie was perfectly moist with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream.

The track’s 2018 six-pack of events will show off several enhancements the track has planned for the coming months as well. Racing fans can soon hear the magical sound of NASCAR cars screaming around Las Vegas Motor Speedway. LVMS grandstands and the Neon Garage will be open and available to the public free of charge, so fans can get an early racing fix roughly a month before the speedway’s March 2-4 NASCAR triple-header weekend. Antique saddles and Western movie posters still hang on the walls, and there’s little in the way of fancy tables, plates and silverware.

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So all of these photos show exactly how Taylor was living at her time of death. According to her son, Christopher Wilding, the home was a “focal point for the family” where holidays were always celebrated. She “never entertained the notion of moving,” Wilding said. In the picture below you can see three of her Academy Awards,as well as several humanitarian awards, proudly displayed.

Plus, a cheese fair and a wine festival!

Taylor died in 1969, but the Brentwood ranch, with its 12-bedroom house, guest quarters, rolling lawns and wooded hillsides, still bears his name. The estate, extensively remodeled in the 1980s by a rock-radio mogul who turned the stables into offices and apartments while leaving the horseshoe-studded stall doors intact, is slated to be sold at auction Nov. 30. Garlic cheese toast and soup or salad precede all dinners. Among entrée accompaniments, try our Ranch House potatoes; hash browns cooked with mushrooms and Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Parmesan and Fontina cheeses. Three blocks away on Encino Avenue is the house Walter Brennan built in 1934. Brennan, who played the cantankerous farmer with a limp in the television series “The Real McCoys,” chose an L-shaped design for the Spanish ranch house that was about 3,800 square feet.

The auction will take place on the grounds; pounding the gavel will be auctioneer Frank Trunzo of Tampa, Fla. That prospect rattles neighbors in the hillside zone, which is prone to floods and mudslides. During big storms, mud, debris and torrents of water gush off the hillsides. Residents argue that developing the ranch further could heighten risks to those downstream. Each potential bidder who has seen the property has had a different vision, it seems.

This dessert was definitely large enough to share. The name led me to expect a crispy burnt sugar crust, but the topping was instead more like caramel. The texture, in fact, was uncannily like that of the coating on a caramel apple. The cheesecake itself was very light and creamy, quite refreshing after the heavy meal.

Filled with history, it gives you great-quality meat priced correctly—a no-frills, old-school classic. Stick to the steaks and chops, order a nice bottle of cabernet and enjoy the conversation with your friends or someone you love, and tell ’em Chef Rick sent you. They won’t know what you’re talking about, but you can’t go wrong if you stick with my recommendations. I was impressed by the amount of space they have for parking, a throwback to when there was nothing around them. New housing tracts surround the place now, but the parking area remains the same.

Most of the beer options are available in bottles, including Bud, Miller, Corona, and Foster’s, while Newcastle Brown Ale and Bud Light are available on tap. The Newcastle is a great deal at $3.50 a glass, and the dark, nutty flavor accentuated our beef quite well. The wine list focuses on major varietals that accompany strongly-flavored grilled meat dishes, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, but includes a range of other options to accompany any meal on the menu. There are several options by the glass, starting at the modest price of $4.50.

The ranch is a private Los Angeles enclave, surrounded by mature foliage and located at the end of a long driveway. In Hollywood, stars buy and sell homes often, rarely living in the same one for too long. But there was something special about 700 Nimes Road that appealed to Elizabeth. The silver screen icon purchased the home in 1981 and lived there until her death at age 79 in 2011.