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Zebra Room: Town House Hotel’s Exotic Nightclub

  • Apr 6, 2025
  • 7 min read

Hollywood went absolutely wild for the Zebra Room, a swanky nightclub inside the Town House on Wilshire Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue, overlooking Lafayette Park.


Zebra Room 1941
People gather outside the Zebra Room on Wilshire Boulevard to watch an Easter parade in 1941(USC Archive)

True to its name, the “famous cocktail rendezvous” was decorated in a dazzle of black and white, an exotic theme that began at its entrance with a neon zebra sign, two-tone marble doorway, and rubber welcome mat patterned after the animal’s distinctive coat.


Inside, zebra stripes swathed the upholstery, linens, and lampshades, with black-and-white accents on the glassware and table legs. A mural depicted a zeal of zebras zig-zagging through the Serengeti with a lone giraffe as monkeys swing from a tree overhead. Specialty cocktails were served in zebra-head mugs.

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