Inside the Polo Lounge, Long the Most Glamorous Room in Beverly Hills

How about Frank Sinatra? “The Sinatras, yes. I had the opportunity to serve them many, many, many, many times.”

He began working at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1986 as a bus boy at the Cabana Café, the sun-soaked eatery by the hotel’s famous pool. Eventually, he worked his way up to a server at the Polo Lounge. When the maître d’ before him, Nino Osti, retired, the hotel’s management asked him to sub-in until they hired his replacement. “I’m still waiting on that somebody…