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Franklin Avenue bloggers Mike and Maria drove past 4101 Wilshire this weekend and report, sadly, that Perino's — once L.A's most glamorous restaurant — has been razed. Knew it was coming, and coming, and coming, but it's still a symbolic end of an era.
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Perino's is gone
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