Santa Monica’s most iconic restaurant, Chez Jay, celebrated it’s 60th anniversary on Nov. 16, 2019.

It was a beautiful, summer like evening, full of happy familiar faces!  Guests donned their most dapper 1950s finery, listened to live jazz, mixed, mingled, drank, and laughed while enjoying a special menu with prices from 1959!  That’s right, 1959 which means Surf and Turf for $6.95, and Filet Mignon for $5.95, to name just two offerings!

And Venice Paparazzi was on the scene to document it all with a Chez Jay 1959 themed green screen photo booth!  View pics below!

Thank you to the Fiondella Family for the Chez Jay Vintage photos that we used as the backdrops in our green screen photo booth.

Original owner  and founder Jay Fiondella in front of Chez Jays in 1959. Photo: courtesy of the Fiondella Family Archives

The Venice Paparazzi photo booth was a hit. Guests enjoyed 4 x6 prints courtesy of Chez Jay. Need a photo booth for your event? Hire Venice Paparazzi.

Right:  Chez Jay’s current owner Michael Anderson.  About image: 
Jay Fiondella brought in an elephant on opening day in 1959.  The circus elephant munched on peanuts while surrounded by show girls at the bar.  ‘Til this day there is a dent on the bar that was left by the elephant.  Photo courtesy of the Fiondella Family Archives.