The Rainbow Bar and Grill opened on the Sunset Strip on April 16, 1972 with a party for Elton John. Since then, it has been a fixture of the L.A. rock scene.

Led Zeppelin made this restaurant their L.A. hangout. Anthony Kiedis recounted in his book Scar Tissue about being at the bar with his father while members of the Led Zeppelin were there.

Upstairs from the Rainbow Bar and Grill is the exclusive club, "Over the Rainbow".

John Belushi ate his last meal here (lentil soup) in booth #16.

Before it became the Rainbow, the place was called the Villa Nova restaurant. The Villa Nova was owned by film director Vincente Minnelli (married to Judy Garland). Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met at the Villa Nova in 1952 on a blind date.

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In the "Altar Egos" episode of Arrested Development (Season 1, Episode 16), Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) picks up Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) at the lawyer bar Deliberations. The shooting location was at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, CA.

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Many of the courthouse scenes in Arrested Development were shot at the Culver City City Hall.

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In Arrested Development, the Bluth Banana Stand scenes take place at Oceanside Wharf on Balboa Island, but the scenes are shot here at Fisherman's Village in Marina del Rey. Specifically, right next to the fake lighthouse.

Mitchell Hurwitz based the banana stand stories on the cookie stand that he worked at with his brother. As the Chipyard website reads: "Michael and Mitchell’s father, Mark Hurwitz, found and rented a small, abandoned taco stand on the bay at Newport Beach, California." The stand has transformed into a shop called Boston Chipyard in Quincy Market, Boston.

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For the pilot episode of Arrested Development, Lucille's apartment was a suite at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey.

Source: 2011 New Yorker Panel with the cast and creator of Arrested Development

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