Emotional ties exist between the Smoke House restaurant (4420 Lakeside Drive, Burbank — right across from Warner Bros. studios) and Argo producer George Clooney, who’s eaten there several times over the years and even named his production company after the joint.
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Juke box at Mel’s on the Strip (taken tonight).
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