Ivan Kane, the owner of Cafe Was, came to Hollywood looking for fame as an actor, but made his mark with his nightclubs and restaurants.
By Rebecca Ford
Hollywood Patch
Ivan Kane’s journey to Hollywood started the same way that many people’s do: After success as an actor in New York, he drove across the country to make a name for himself in Los Angeles.
After landing several film and TV roles and selling a script to HBO, Kane decided he wanted to make a different kind of impression. After all, fame is fleeting, but ownership is forever.
In 1997, he opened Kane, an intimate nightclub that played mainly ’70s funk music, and then went on to open Deep on Hollywood and Vine three years later. In 2002, Kane opened Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce, the now-famous burlesque show and nightclub in Hollywood.
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