Former Location –
The Doors at London Fog
Once the coffee shop to the Tropicana, a motel previously next door where the record company would book you before you made them a lot of money, it was a rock and Roll hangout since the sixties.
The Doors played their first official club gig here in the early ’60s when it was a nightclub named London Fog. According to the Doors’ Wikipedia page: “From February to May 1966, the group had a residency at the ‘rundown’ and ‘sleazy’ Los Angeles club London Fog … The experience gave Morrison confidence to perform in front of a live audience.
Duke’s Coffee Shop closed permanently on April 16, 2012.
Doors Discography
1967 – The Doors
1967 – Strange Days
1968 – Waiting for the Sun
1969 – The Soft Parade
1970 – Morrison Hotel
1971 – L.A. Woman
1971 – Other Voices
1972 – Full Circle
1978 – An American Prayer
Duke’s Coffee Shop/London Fog
8919 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood CA 90069
I’M SO FORTUNATE THAT I WAS THERE AT THE LONDON FOG AND SAW JIMMY MANY TIMES, ALSO AT THE GALAXY, GAZZARR’IS WHISKY, PEPPEERMINT, THERE WAS A CLUB I KIND REMEMBER IT WAS FULL OF PILLOWS INSIDE WE USE TO HANG OUT ON THEM. CAN’T FORGET THE FANTASTIC CHEETAH IN SANT MONICA.I THINK THE PALLADIUM, HAD SOMETHING LIKE MIDNIGHT REMEMBER SAY CANNED HEAT, GOING UP THE COUNTRY!! I LOVED THE KINKS AT THE WHISKY!!! I CAN KEEP GOING AND GOIING
You have placed The London Fog in the wrong loation. It was west of the Whiskey, west of Sneaky Pete’s, west of the Galaxy and east of Hamburger Hamlet. I remember it disappearing around 1967 or so. The building was redone or rebuilt with nice looking used brick and a new business, Dick Clark Productions.