Stumbled upon this one from circa 1977 Venice. With a little memory-jogging help from brother Dennis and a current Google Street View image, we can compare this old West Washington Blvd (now Abbott-Kinney Blvd.) watering hole with its locally famous self-referencing mural, then …
… and now.
This place was within walking distance of my place on Westminster & Speedway, and just up the street from the old Chelsea Gallery, which I once managed. No, there was no valet parking in those days. And I recall encountering John Doe and Exene, pre-X, there once.