Cold Case S7e8

[Imogen Petrusky]

Basedon the bestselling series of crime novels by Michael Connelly, Bosch stars Titus Welliver in the titular role of LAPD detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. Driven by his mantra "Everybody Counts or Nobody Counts," Bosch relentlessly pursues justice on the streets of LA and beyond.

In October 2023, Harry Bosch was recognized as the longest-running character on streaming TV. To celebrate Season 2 of the spinoff series Bosch: Legacy, read on and discover more than two dozen Bosch locations across LA. (MILD SPOILERS AHEAD)

Opened in January 2014, the Ace Hotel was originally built as the United Artists Building in 1927. The adjacent Theatre at Ace Hotel was UA's flagship movie palace - restored to its former glory, the 1,600-seat theatre is now one of LA's top live music venues.

The title of the sixth episode of Season 6 says it all: "The Ace Hotel." Bosch, his partner Jerry Edgar (Jamie Hector), and FBI agent Sylvia Reece (Julia Ann Emery) are in pursuit of a suspect. The foot chase starts in the hotel and takes them into the theatre, before it comes to a violent end in an alley.

Throughout the series, Harry plays jazz records at his house in the Hollywood Hills. The second episode of Season 3, "The Four Last Things" opens with Harry and his girlfriend, Deputy DA Anita Benitez (Paola Turbay) shopping at the original location of Amoeba Music at Sunset and Vine.

Glimpsed in the series pilot, Angels Flight takes center stage in Season 4, which is based on the sixth Bosch book (also called Angels Flight) and features Harry investigating the murder of civil rights attorney Howard Elias on the funicular.

Originally opened in 1901, the 298-foot Angels Flight takes passengers between the Lower Station on Hill Street and the Top Station at California Plaza on Bunker Hill. "The shortest railway in the world" was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October 2000.

Angels Flight has starred in the film noir Criss Cross, the 1951 remake of M, The Glenn Miller Story, Kiss Me Deadly, Angel's Flight, and La La Land. Angels Flight has also appeared in TV shows like Perry Mason (both the original and the 2020 HBO series) and the classic Dragnet.

In the Season 4 opener, Bosch is tracking Bradley Walker (John Getz), who is connected to his mother's murder. Harry sneaks into Walker's fundraiser at the Biltmore and follows him to the Gallery Bar, where Bosch tries to eavesdrop on the councilman's phone call. The Gallery Bar also appears in Seasons 2 and 3.

A Hollywood nightlife destination since 1942, Boardner's has appeared in L.A. Confidential, Swingers, Ed Wood, Leaving Las Vegas and many more. Boardner's B52 Club hosts Bar Sinister, a goth-industrial mainstay on Saturday nights for over 20 years, and the long-running Blue Mondays, featuring '80s jams in the main room and rotating themes on the patio.

A favorite watering hole for Hollywood Homicide, Boardner's appears in Season 1 and twice in Season 4. In Season 6's "Hard Feelings," Sgt. John "Mank" Mankiewicz (Scott Klace) gives a memorable toast at a memorial party for a retired detective. At the same party, Det. Johnson (aka "Barrel," played by Troy Evans) is given a cassette tape that turns out to have an important recording on it.

Season 4 opens with the murder of attorney Howard Elias, who has a corner office at the landmark Bradbury Building in Downtown LA. In the next episode ("Dreams of Bunker Hill"), the building's stunning atrium is seen when Harry takes a wrought iron elevator to Elias' office, where he encounters his frenemy, Honey Chandler (Mimi Rogers).

Located on Broadway across from Grand Central Market, the Bradbury has appeared in movies, TV, music videos, and is mentioned frequently in literature. Built in 1893, the building was featured prominently in the original Blade Runner and also appears in Best Picture winner, The Artist. Film noir fans will recognize the Bradbury from Chinatown, Double Indemnity, D.O.A., and I, The Jury. The Bradbury was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977, one of only four office buildings in LA to receive the honor.

In the Season 2 episode "The Thing About Secrets," Harry and Lt. Grace Billets (Amy Aquino) have a drink at the Catalina Jazz Club as Grace Kelly performs "Blues For Harry Bosch." The Catalina also has a cameo in the Season 7 opener, when Harry is on a New Year's Eve date and Grammy Award winning jazz pianist John Beasley is on stage.

Living up to its slogan "Nothing But the Best In Jazz," Catalina Jazz Club has welcomed a Who's Who of jazz legends for decades, including Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Max Roach, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman and many more. Admission varies, plus dinner or two-drink minimum. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Along with its longtime rival Philippe The Original, Cole's claims to be the originator of the French Dip. Both opened in 1908 and have their diehard fans, but one thing is indisputable - Cole's is the home of LA's longest operating saloon, the Red Car Bar. Located in the historic Pacific Electric Building, Cole's has appeared in Best Picture winner Forrest Gump, Se7en, and Mad Men.

In the Season 3 episode "El Compadre," Bosch and Edgar meet Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Anderson (Eric Ladin) at Cole's. Anderson is as tenacious with his stories as Bosch is with his cases, and refuses to give up his source.

Renowned for their buttermilk hotcakes, Du-par's opened at The Original Farmers Market in 1938. In the Season 1 finale, Harry and his daughter Maddie (Madison Lintz) share a couple of short stacks - her pro move is to pour the maple syrup onto an extra plate first.

SPOILER ALERT: In the Season 4 episode "Past Lives," Harry and his ex-wife Eleanor Wish (Sarah Clarke) have a revealing chat on the patio at Du-par's. When Eleanor goes to her car, she's gunned down in front of Harry - one of the most shocking scenes in the series. In a callback scene from Season 7 ("Jury's Still Out"), Maddie is waiting for her boyfriend Antonio (Jonny Rios) on the patio and staring at the spot where her mother was murdered.

The Original has a key role in the series finale, "Por Sonia." When the Las Palmas gang has a summit meeting at El Cholo, Bosch snatches Mickey Pea (Gino Vento) from the FBI and arrests him for the deadly arson fire that opens Season 7.

The famous Flaming Margarita was born at the Hollywood location of El Compadre, which opened in 1975 and serves up traditional Mexican fare along with live nightly music in a rustic Old World hacienda setting.

In the Season 6 episode "Part of the Deal," Harry, Maddie and her nervous boyfriend Antonio have dinner at El Compadre - the guys clink a couple of Fat Tire bottles in a toast to jazz legend Frank Morgan.

Located next door to the Pantages Theatre, the Frolic Room boasts one of the best neon signs of any bar and a two-panel mural by legendary artist Al Hirschfeld, which features dozens of caricatures, including Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Picasso, Albert Einstein and Louis Armstrong. The Pantages hosted the Academy Awards from 1950 to 1960 - just imagine who stopped by the Frolic after those ceremonies. Charles Bukowski was a regular, which fits right in with the Bosch ethos.

There's a big reveal in Season 5's "Raise the Dead," when Harry meets retired detective Anthony Servidone (Jerry O'Donnell) for a drink at the Frolic. In Season 6, the Frolic has a cameo in the opener and pops up again in "Money, Honey" when Harry has another meeting with Servidone.

Located on the second floor of Gold World Plaza in San Gabriel, Golden Soup is a spacious Chinese restaurant that has a recurring role in Season 4. At the end of the second episode, Eleanor is playing a high-stakes poker game at Golden Soup to gather intel on Chinese nationals being investigated by the FBI. When the situation turns violent, she captures important video on her phone camera.

Bosch and Edgar trace Eleanor's video to Golden Soup in "The Wine of Youth" and learn more about the case she was working on from Agent Chuck Deng (Louis Ozawa). In "Dark Sky," Bosch and Edgar grill Ting (Peter Jae), who arranged the poker game, in the restaurant's kitchen and learn the identity of the man in Eleanor's video.

The city's largest and oldest public market, the 30,000 square-foot Grand Central Market opened in October 1917 and has been in continuous operation ever since. GCM's food vendors offer something for everyone, from half-century legacies like China Cafe, Roast to Go and Tacos Tumbras a Tomas; to new school favorites like Eggslut, Lucky Bird and Sari Sari Store. Film buffs can spot GCM in La La Land, Midnight Run and City of Angels.

Near the end of the Season 4 opener "Ask the Dust," Harry cuts through Grand Central Market to Angels Flight, which is located across Broadway from the marketplace. (GCM is seen from the exterior.) The episode is named for John Fante's 1939 novel, which is set in Depression-era LA and widely regarded as a classic - in his foreword to the reprint, Charles Bukowski wrote, "Fante was my god."

Thanks to its proximity to City Hall, LAPD headquarters and Downtown LA courthouses, Gloria Molina Grand Park is a frequent backdrop for key conversations between various Bosch characters. Spanning 12 acres from Grand Avenue to Spring Street, Gloria Molina Grand Park is one of LA's most popular public gathering places, from DTLA workers on lunch break to Da de los Muertos and New Year's Eve festivities.

Introduced in the pilot, Harry's Mid-Century house and its spectacular city views appear in nearly every episode. In the series' second episode, his love interest, rookie cop Julia Brasher (Annie Wersching) looks out over the city and wonders, "Pretty nice view for a cop." Harry explains that Paramount paid him "a lot of money" to make a movie based "VERY loosely" on one of his cases. The Black Echo movie poster reappears several times in the series.

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