Largo (nightclub)

Largo, also called Café Largo or Club Largo, is a nightclub and cabaret in Los Angeles, California known for its musical and comedic performers and for the Friday night "residency" of singer-songwriter Jon Brion.

Cafe Largo was founded by Jean-Pierre Boccara, a nightclub entrepreneur, in 1989. Cafe Largo featured music (including performances by Peter Himmelman, Victoria Williams, Suzanne Vega, Syd Straw, The Love Jones, Julie Christensen, Hugo Largo, Grant Lee Buffalo), cabaret (including performances by Philip Littell, Stephanie Vlahos, Lypsinka, Barry Yourgrau), vaudeville (Les Stevens), comedy (Nora Dunn, Beth Lapides) and spoken word (Tommy Cody, Eve Brandstein, Michael Lally).

The LA Weekly named Cafe Largo "LA's Best Supper Club" in 1990.The New York Times ran a substantive review " A Place for Poetry in Land of Pictures" on July 12, 1989. The 1989 Reader review was titled "Cafe Largo mixes food and music-memorably". More critical acclaim and reviews was received in Newsweek, LA Style, LA Times, Los Angeles, Buzz, Exposure, Movieline, The Edge, Details, Village View, Vogue, Interview, Playboy, and US Magazine. In March 1992 Boccara sold the place to Mark Flanagan and his wife Aimee Cain (international model and of Star Search fame) who shortened the name to Largo, and his name to simply "Flanagan." Boccara went on to open LunaPark on Robertson Blvd in West Hollywood and operated it from Halloween '93 to Halloween 2000.

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