Dillons in Hollywood

Yesterday, I was working at the Hollywood and Vine Station with photographer Tom Bonner and Mary Schwinn. We were photo documenting the subway portal in front of the W hotel. I had never been to this new hotel in Hollywood. What a great, up-scale, and hipper than hip place. There's also lots of public artwork around the building and very cool lobby. The men's bathroom on the lobby floor is pretty spectacular, for a bathroom. For lunch, we went across the street to Dillons Irish Pub and Grill, 6263 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood CA 90024. It just opened recently and was filled with people watching the World Cup, all rooting for Brazil. I think I counted 15 HD screens in that place. It was really loud too but they wouldn't turn it down in our little corner so we kept having to say "what?" during our conversation. I ordered the Traditional Irish Stew and two Oysters on a Half Shell. The Oysters were from a jar and placed on shells so they tasted so-so. It was just a $2 each I think. The stew however was awesome. I kept thinking it would be great with a cold glass of Bass but that didn't happen. Tom and Mary ordered a Veggie Wrap and a Hamburger which looked pretty good. Anyway, back to the World Cup. Brazil was playing North Korea. This was North Koreas first appearance in the World Cup in 40+ years and they were able to hang with Brazil 0-0 till half time. The second half was a different story and Brazil took it 3-1. North Korea looked pretty impressive though and it was heart warming to see how proud they were to be there.